Although this building appears under the heading "Brighton Polytechnic", it was actually constructed long before the Polytechnic was even dreamed of. I recall attending an interview here in late 1964 for an interview with the Principal prior to beginning a mechanical engineering apprenticeship. He asked just one technical question; "What is the formula for the area of a circle?" That was it, and I was admitted to the first year of the day release ONC course, starting in January 1965. We had one full day and a variation of one or two evenings a week of study for 5 years. Apart from qualifying in 1970, I made some good friends on this course.