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Victor Thomas Coughtrey
reminiscences and other odds and ends
| Index to bio chapters | |
| To 1942 | 1. Family history | 
| 1942-47 | 2. Pre-school years | 
| 1947-52 | 3. Regenesia | 
| 1951-53 | 4. Working-class 'affluence' | 
| 1952-53 | 5. Walter arrives | 
| 1953-54 | 6. Stuart Nicholls | 
| 1953-54 | 7. Upheaval | 
| 1954-59 | 8. Grammar Grub | 
| 1955-57 | 9. The Blackhawk Society | 
| 1957-59 | 10. Nigel Palmer and Jazz | 
| 1958-59 | 11. Escape from Hell | 
| 1958-59 | 12. Work | 
| 1959-61 | 13. The Darkroom | 
| 1959-61 | 14. Banjo Bashing | 
| 1959-61 | 15. Fire Bug | 
| 1961 | 16. The MJB | 
| 1961 | 17. Ice Cold | 
| 1961 | 18. The Game's up | 
| 1961-62 | 19. Babies | 
| 1962 | 20. Cotton Wool | 
| 1962-63 | 21. Toni | 
| 1963-64 | 22. The Whistler | 
| 1964-65 | 23. Casting off | 
| 1965 | 24. On the Road - First Taste | 
| 1965 | 25. The Knife Grinder | 
| 1965 | 26. The Book of Taps | 
| 1965 | 27. Gordon Road | 
| 1965 | 28. The Axeman | 
| 1965 | 29. Star Road | 
| 1965 | 30. Mild Ale with Linda | 
| 1965 | 31. Grand Tour (part 1) | 
| 1965 | 32. Grand Tour (part 2) | 
| 1965 | 33. Grand Tour (part 3) | 
| 1965 | 34. Grand Tour (part 4) | 
| 1965 | 35. Vic Stevens is born | 
| 1965 | 36. Rats 'n' Rags | 
| 1965-6 | 37. Tasting Power | 
| 1966 | 38. Revolution Vindaloo | 
| 1966 | 39. Taking the Pledge | 
| 1966 | 40. Revolver | 
| 1966 | 41. A Fateful Trip | 
| 1966-67 | 42. The Yob | 
| 1967 | 43. Reunion | 
| 1967 | 44. Oh no, not again! | 
| 1967 | 45. The Introducer gets away | 
| 1967 | 46. Simon | 
| 1967 | 47. Simonlight | 
| 1967 | 48. Simonwell | 
| 1967 | 49. Caveman Wannabe | 
| 1967 | 50. Regency Square | 
| 1967 | 51. Arch 141 | 
| 1968 | 52. Arch 167 | 
| 1968 | 53. Useful tricks | 
| 1968 | 54. Warden of nothing | 
| 1968 | 55. Jumbler | 
| 1968 | 56. First time at last! | 
| 1968 | 57. Gasworks | 
| 1968 | 58. Fireworks | 
| 1968 | 59. Enter Angela | 
| 1968 | 60. In a stew | 
| 1968 | 61. The Glorious Charge of '68 | 
| 1969 | 62. Afloat with the Satanists | 
| 1969 | 63. Rich living from a rare talent | 
| 1969 | 64. Brighton Hostel opens | 
| 1969 | 65. Krishnamurti | 
| 1969 | 66. Le clochard | 
| 1969 | 67. Hostel residents | 
| 1969 | 68. A slight error of judgment | 
| 1969-70 | 69. An unsung achievement | 
| 1970 | 70. Getting the sack & going legal | 
| 1970 | 71. Der Führer | 
| 1970 | 72. Angela reappears | 
| 1970-71 | 73.Dismal currency | 
| 1971 | 74. Yo-yo | 
| 1971 | 75. Together | 
| 1971 | 76. Goodbye to Brighton | 
| 1971-72 | 77. Camera Obscura | 
| 1972 | 78. A father ! | 
| 1972 | 79. Second reunion | 
| 1972 | 80. Back to the drawing-board | 
| 1972-73 | 81. Pant-y-Powsi | 
| 1973 | 82. Dreadful interlude | 
| 1973-74 | 83. Dunkeswell Abbey | 
| 1974 | 84. Rosa Coughtrey 1874-1974 | 
| 1974-76 | 85. Orchard Cottage - 1 | 
| 1974-76 | 86. Orchard Cottage - 2 | 
| 1976 | 87. Squatters | 
| 1976-78 | 88. Second Dreadful Interlude | 
| 1978-81 | 89. The Nightshift | 
| 1981-82 | 90. The Nightmare-1 | 
| 1982-86 | 91. The Nightmare-2 | 
| 1986-89 | 92. Heaven & Hell | 
| Since 1989 | 93. The 'Settled' Era | 
| Photographs relevant to the chapters | |