The Pit was very busy and full of bustle, however Andrew recalls it as “a soulless space architecturally as the walls were 1980’s bare brick.” There was a bar on the left as you entered Cornwall House, a common room where the stage is now, and a cafeteria at the rear. In the centre of the common room was a large sunken floor with two or three steps down from the floor bordering it along the walls – hence the name – The Pit. However, even in the 1980’s health and safety recognised that this format was a considerable hazard, so The Pit was boarded over.

Following these structural changes, a change of name was in order too, and in February 1987, the Students’ Union decided to rename the space. A meeting was convened to put forward suggested names and put it to a vote. Andrew recalls: “We (Jif Society) thought that this was the perfect opportunity to promote our cause and put lemons and limes at the forefront of the University’s citrus fruit consciousness. Several names were put forward with feisty debates taking place, and we had bussed over lots of PE B.Ed. students from the St Luke’s Campus, who did not have lectures that afternoon to help with the vote. At 2.15pm, the Student Union realising that no one else was going to leave, put it to the vote and The Lemon Grove was passed and came to be.”

Jif Society also held several events at The Lemmy from their Christmas lunch in June and summer party in December. Andrew shares that “the latter included an enforced one hour of outside sunbathing – whatever the elements – on the lawn which was then situated at the back of Cornwall House.”