Fylde College, Lancaster University
College name	Fylde College
Named after	The Fylde peninsula
Established	1969
JCR President	Tim Roca
Undergraduates
Homepage	JCR Homepage Fylde College Quadrangle

Fylde College is a college of Lancaster University, in Lancashire, United Kingdom. Fylde College was "college 6", built from 1968 and was accepting students in 1969. Traditionally, Fylde was the socialist college; its original second and third year students were inspired by the events of May 1968 to seize the opportunity to make a socialist commune. Image File history File links Fylde. ... Fylde is a peninsula in western Lancashire, England. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1024, 379 KB)Fylde College, Lancaster University. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1024, 379 KB)Fylde College, Lancaster University. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Lancaster University (originally created as the University of Lancaster) is a collegiate campus university in Lancaster, UK. The University has a good academic reputation, doing well in national league tables. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... A May 1968 poster: Be young and shut up, with the stereotypical silhouette of the General de Gaulle. ... A Commune is a kind of intentional community where most resources are shared and there is little or no personal property. ...

In 1969 the Queen came to open County College. Fylde JCR President at the time reacted by dubbing his pet toad 'Archduke Albert of Lancaster'. Over-eager press coverage saw this as a scandal.^{[citation needed]} 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of 16 sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... County College, formally The County College, Lancaster was financed via funding by Lancashire County council in 1969. ... The term Junior Combination Room or Junior Common Room (JCR) is used in many British universities (as well as at Harvard College in the United States) to refer to the collective of students (similar to a students union) at a constituent part of a university, typically a college or a... Families At least 9, see article. ...

On the day that Fylde college building was to be opened in 1971 by the minister for education, students planned to demonstrate. Hence, the opening never took place. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

The College, which has a reputation for being the sportiest on campus, has lost the Carter shield - the competition shield for sport - only once in 14 years.

In 2005 Fylde became the first college to be located on two separate sites, and offered on-suite residences in Alexandra Park, at the south west of the campus. After being reunited in newly built accommodation, Fylde will become one of the smaller Colleges at Lancaster University in 2006/7. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Names of Residence Blocks

• Clifton
• Kirkham
• Lytham
• Marton
• Pilling
• Thornton

Past JCR Presidents

• 2006: Tim Roca
• 2005: Tim Perkins
• 2004: Jason Elliott and Howard Mustoe
• 2003: Laura Cruickshank and Lamaar Hamme

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...