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UMIST (Barnes Wallis Building)
24th February 1968

By 1968 it looks like the Social Secretary at Tech Union is really starting to pull in the heavyweights.

It was a turbulent time for Pink Floyd. Syd Barrett had stopped playing live with the band in January of 1968. He left completely in April, and was replaced by Dave Gilmour.

Taken from the Manchester Independent Newspaper, written and edited by University of Manchester students. With thanks to James Peters at the University of Manchester Archives and Ben Ward at The University of Manchester Students' Union.