Scarfie flats of Dunedin / Sarah Gallagher with Ian Chapman.

Includes bibliographical references.

Signs of the times / Ian Chapman -- Why investigate named flats? / Sarah Gallagher -- The Bach -- The Shambles -- Skid Row -- Groups and identity / Jackie Hunter -- Ye Brewer's Elbow -- Toad Hall -- Mixed flatting : an offence against accepted canons of morality / Alison Clarke -- Footrot Flats -- Xanadu -- The Herm -- Pink Flat the Door -- The influence of named flats / Sarah Gallagher -- The Cock and Swallow -- DSIR -- 'Our house' : music-themed flats / Ian Chapman -- Moe's -- Mouse House -- The Palace on Ellis -- Thirsty Boys -- Using your name / Sarah Gallagher -- Tui's Tavern -- The Fea Street Hotel and Feastock / Ian Chapman -- 27 Steps to Heaven -- Birdwatchers -- Cuntry Club -- The Debacle -- Street art perspective : grab a spray can! / Victoria Gilliand -- LegenDairy -- The Libra Flat -- Pic's -- Pussy Planet -- What it's like to live on Hyde Street / Joel MacManus -- The Shit Show Chateau -- Shrieking Shack -- Six60 -- Bright Otago days / Aaron Hawkins.

The history of named student flats in North Dunedin reaches back to the 1930s. The authors share some of the stories of these flats, how they got their names, who lived in them and what life was like there. The book also features essays by Otagoites about the place of these flats in popular culture, music and street art.