Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

My guest this week is Martin Bloomfield (aka ‘Dodgy Shoes’) who is studying towards a PhD in Philosophy at the University of York and who, like me, studied at Lampeter during the 1990s. Martin explains why Lampeter was a ‘collection of caricatures’, and we also find out about the range of schools he attended when he was young. Martin remembers the birth of his younger brother, and Martin reflects on how York (and himself) have changed over the years. We learn about Martin’s current employment, and Martin reveals what the most valuable lesson was that he learned in Lampeter and how it informed the rest of his life. We learn that as a student he would see gigs at Gassy Jacks in Cardiff, including Bad Manners, and we reflect on the more ‘C’ list musicians who would tend to come to Lampeter. We also learn about the different branches of the karate club as well as the fencing society that Martin used to be involved with, and why he thinks of Lampeter as a person. We hear about the infamous ‘foot joke’, and h