Can anyone help with the title/author of this novel please?

[BobbiThePanda]

I think I read it in 1978 and it was first published around that time.
It's the story of a girl in her first term at Bristol University. Her family home is in Harrow. She meets a boy who's a bit of a hippie and moves out of halls and moves into a flat with him in Clifton.
The author is female and British.

[BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts]

Novels Set in Bristol

[BobbiThePanda]

Not a helpful post Legs!
Surprisingly enough, I did actually put my old addled brain into gear and managed to come up with the brilliant idea to do a bit of Googling before I posted. I didn't find the book I'm referring to which is why I asked here.

[SavoyCabbage]

Wow.

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

Gosh what a grumpy Panda

[BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts]

Well then bugger off and find it yourself! You rude Panda!

[ChippyMinton]

I was going to help, but not now. How rude

[cocolepew]

Well that's you told!

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

That'll teach you!

[BobbiThePanda]

Apologies BigFatHairy. I'd already seen the page several days ago when I googled some keywords. Didn't mean to come off stroppy but apparently I did!

I have managed to track the book down anyway.

[BobbiThePanda]

Forgot to give the book info

It's called 'You Must Be Sisters' and it's by Deborah Moggach. It's a 'rite of passage' type novel. I imagine it will be very dated now though.

[BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts]

First you're rude and now you call me BigFatHAIRY when I am obviously "BigFat" and not hairy!

Apology accepted.

[BobbiThePanda]

[GRIN]

Clearly, I was thinking of my own legs! How to mess up an apology. All those years at charm school were totally wasted.
Sorry again BigFatNotHairy

[BobbiThePanda]

god I can't even get my smiley's right now!
I'm off to lie down in a very dark room.

[Helpyourself]

Poor panda and poor she's not hairy fatlegs.
Sorry you 2, but this is very funny!

[2blessed2bstressed]

Is it maybe something by Lynne Reid Banks?

[BobbiThePanda]

Helpyourself it's ok I'm laughing too now. I was mortified when I re-read that post, I didn't intend it to sound so stroppy. Then I apologise and I mess that up too by throwing in an insult!

2blessed - it's ok I found the author,thank you, it's Deborah Maggoch. But your mention of Lynne Reid Banks has reminded me of how much I enjoyed The L Shaped Room when I read that many years ago. May have to look for that one too!

Thanks everyone and again I am sorry for how rude that post came across.

[FellatioNelson]

This is thread is unintentionally very funny!

[BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts]

[checks legs]

[PomBearWithAnOFRS]

I always loved the L shaped room, then years later I found the two sequels and they are DIRE - so sanctimonious and preachy and utter drivelling shite :( very disappointing!