If any Mancunians are interested, the Young Ones was based on a household of wayward students in Landcross Road, Fallowfield, where R and A, messrs Elton and Meyer et al used to go for recreational breaks from their academic pursuits. The guy who Neil was based on had a sponsored haircut for the miners in 1984 and raised £500! (his hair was LONG)The Vivian character came to my 40th and, true to form, disgraced himself.