I'm guessing pretty non existent.
Way back in 82 I went to art college and had a great time for 3 years. Just managed to scrape a degree out of it as well. I had a great pal for the first year, we were close buddies, but the whole college ethic didn't sit well with him and he ended up pissing about and got kicked off the course after the first year. He was always smoking weed, and I knew that he used to live with friends the year before and they all got into drugs.
Not a great sign, but the 'friends' turned up in the same city, off to the local Uni. They seemed nice enough. Anyway, after being kicked out I didn't see him for a year, and then one day he came looking and found me. It was a bit of a shock, he had got badly into drugs and was visibly affected. No longer the strong minded, strong willed physical person I knew, he was dishevelled, barely liked to make eye contact, was lost for words. It was rather heartbreaking to be honest. That was the last time I ever saw him, but I have wondered so much over the years what happened to him.
I was in my loft the other day looking for something, and out of the blue I found a pic of him in an art studio that I don't recognise ever seeing before. It made me think that I would love to know if he is still alive, but all I have to go on is his name and that he came from the South Coast somewhere?
I'm thinking this is a lost cause. I've done stuff like google and Facebook searches for his name but not sure what else one can do?
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You hurt me so bad back in 82 I had to drop out of my first year of art college.
There's no going back.
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John Smith might be tricky.
Flobbity Blipbop would be somewhat easier.
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John Smith - no chance
John Robert Smith - probably not
Ezekiel Zebediah Archibold-Smith chances are much better
Rather a morbid option but you can often search obits ...
searching for a name gets reasonable results in Facebook, Myspace (it still exists...) 192.com etc. can yield results...
In my case, I heard that one of my former house sharers had been involved in a motorcycle accident. The only contact information I had was his parents' home telephone number. I could not bring myself to call them.
The one other person who might have been able to enlighten me was another of the former house sharing bunch. He and I were no longer on speaking terms after his then girlfriend took a shine to me.
No obituaries appeared in the local press. Eventually, I stopped worrying about it ... to the extent that, today, I cannot recall the guy's full name, only his nickname.
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But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Someone posted this link above:
https://www.192.com/people/electoral-roll/
You can use it to search the electoral roll. It's worth a try, although it isn't complete. Some people (including me) opt out of the electronic searchable version so we don't get as much junk sent to us, and for privacy reasons. Even then an old record from 2002/3 comes up when I search for me. Thankfully that isn't at my current address.
Fuck you all then.