I went to Newcastle as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1961 to do my doctorate in mathematics, and graduated in 1964, choosing to obtain my degree from the University of Newcastle/Tyne. I had just married, which was quite unusual at the time. I have some very pleasant memories of Newcastle and of the North-East in particular (and was amused to be very close to places with names like New York, Washington and Toronto). When we arrived in Newcastle, the Registrar, Mr.Hanson, with whom I had some earlier communication, had died and his widow had created a flat in their house in Melton Park that we rented for our first two years at 7 guineas a month (quite high in British terms, but very standard in Canadian terms).
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