On to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Takes degree in Natural Sciences. Spends most of his time playing piano, frolicking with women and attending soirees at poet Michael Horovitz’s flat in Oxford.

Following graduation, gets job at Harwell Nuclear Facility as nuclear physicist.

Holidays in Russia in a hearse with Graham Keen and others. Upon return, is thoroughly “de-briefed” by MI5

John Hopkins in the Emmanuel College 1st Hockey XI, 1956-57

  1. Hoppy in the Emmanuel College 1st Hockey XI, 1956-57

John Hoppy Hopkins on graduation day from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1958

  1. Hoppy celebrates on graduation day from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1958

Hoppy plays guitar

  1. Hoppy plays guitar aboard the Pyne T-V bus, before a press reception, summer 1957

During the Cheltenham to Moscow trip the yellow hearse gets a roadside wheel change, USSR circa 1960

  1. Roadside repairs during the Cheltenham to Moscow trip, USSR circa 1960

 

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