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- 1962-1963 (Creation)
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Edited by Bruce B. Percival and Ewen Wannop, illustrated by 'smed'. Cover by David Spencer, photographs by Ewen Wannop, Edmund Gee, Hilary Alexander and Ian Hessenberg. The second handbook produced by the students as an unofficial guide to the social activities at the Polytechnic.
Contents include an editorial; A guide to the Students' Union (including an introduction by Allan Arlett, President and Ewen Wannop, Vice-President for Internal Affairs); Who's Who on the Students' Union Executive Council [Includes photographs: Allan Arlett;Ken Chapman; Roger Burnett; Hilary Alexander; Ewan Wannop; Bob Bornstein; David 'Dov' Shaw]; Social Life; Rag Week [including photographs]; University of London Union Carnival; London-Leicester Pram Race [including photographs]; Societies and Clubs (Architectural, Car Chess, C.N.D., Conservative, Film, Jazz, Linguists, Music, Polymer [Chemistry & Biology students], Revue, Players [including photographs of The Crucible and Midnight With No Pain], Social Science, Socialist, Singers, Theatre Visiting, Officer Training Corps; United Nations Student Association); Sport at the Poly (Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Billiards and Snooker, Boat, Boxing, Cricket, Fencing and Hockey, Judo, Lawn Tennis, Mountaineering, Rifle, Rugby, Sailing, Soccer, Squash, Sub-Aqua and Swimming, Table-Tennis, Trampolining, Weight Training)); The Library; Polytechnic Bookstalls; 'Blessed are the Hungry' [recommended restauarnts in the vicinity including Schmidt's, The Pizza House, The Devonia, Central Modern Curry and Jollys Sandwich Bar'; Theatres and cinemas [lists of telephone numbers and a map].
The publication also includes a large number of advertisements relating to student services (e.g. Banking) or career opportunities. The advertisers are listed in an index at the back of the volume.
96 pages, black & white.