鈥淰irtually all students lived in small hotels for their first year, organised through the accommodation department at DIHE. I stayed at Mondello House Hotel, in a twin room. Rates were 拢27 a week for DBB 鈥撀燼 three-course dinner, bed and breakfast (cooked on weekends) with meals served to students at tables in the dining room and an honesty bar. There was talk that this was the best small hotel for students and several never moved out during their whole time at DIHE. There was of course no on-site student accommodation.
鈥淪ome of the popular, more up-market restaurants for celebration meals were Fatty Arbuckles and Smikes. Every student I think went to the Academy in Boscombe, which won Best UK Club several times in the mid-1980s with acts such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Sisters of Mercy 鈥� and for a student Ball, Gary Glitter. Everyone who was there will still remember his performance of 鈥業'm The Leader Of The Gang鈥�!
鈥淔or my last year I rented a newly refurbished large house with five others on Wallisdown Road, 10 minutes鈥� walk from DIHE. The rent was 拢17.50 per single room per week.鈥�
