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I WENT TO VISIT SALDE TODAY,  WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE I SAY 'HMMM IT WAS INTERESTING' BECAUSE IT WAS. 
THE SLADE ITSELF IS A GREAT BUILDING, LOTS OF LOVE AND INSPIRATION. TINY TINY STUDIOS WITH LITTLE LIGHT SOUNDED AND FELT HORRIFIC AT FIRST BUT THEY WERE FULL OF LIFE AND CREATIVE PEOPLE. IT DIDNT SEEM A VERY FRIENDLY PLACE TO BE HONEST, NOT MANY PEOPLE TALKED AND ALOT OF THEM WERE OVERSEAS STUDENTS. ONE OF THE STUDENTS WALKING AROUND DOING TOURS HAPPENED TO BE WEARING A CRISP WHITE RALPH LAUREN SHIRT AND A ROLEX WHICH DID SEEM QUITE RIGHT TO ME FOR AN ART STUDENT, OR A STUDENT AT ALL.  LOOKING AROUND I DIDNT REALISE HOW BIG OF AN ADVANTAGE BEING AT THE 'SALDE' WAS AND THE CONNECTIONS YOU COME INTO. OR HOW GOOD STUDYING IN LONDON CAN BE. A PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT WAS WALKING INTO A STUDIO AND CASUALLY SEEING JENNY SAVILLE. BRILLIANT.