In this third episode, I want to re-live the pivotal few years at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s where Swansea University witnessed not one but several major protests, sit-ins and strikes – completely upturning the natural order at the University. The University played a part in one of the most dramatic moments in post-war history. However, behind newspaper headlines and the photographs showing scenes of disorder and excitement, there was also a large student body that had no appetite for protest and politics as well…

My name is Sam Blaxland and I have just written a book about Swansea University to mark its 2020 centenary, called Swansea University: Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945-2020. In this four-part series I am going to explore some of the more unusual and interesting things I uncovered during this research.