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Ellie Fennell

“I celebrated my 70th birthday in University Halls – it was a blast!”

Su Thompson having a drink and out with he university student friends.

"When I graduated from Leeds University in 1975, I never expected to be back in the city studying again as I turned 70. Yet the year I spent on the Master's degree course was the most energising experience," begins Su Thompson, who returned to university to study Sustainable Food Systems.

"I hadn’t planned to live in student digs when I applied, but apartments for a single person in the city were ridiculously expensive so when the University offered me a flat in their Clarence Dock Village student accommodation, I leapt at the chance.

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