A new residential block with a lecture theatre on the right.

80-year-old Doris Tranter from Wood Green in Wednesbury was doing a dressmaking class. The photograph shows her alongside Rosanne Dunn of Ryecroft in Walsall.

John Beckett was offering a Guitar Workshop to cater for different styles and all levels of competence. The photograph shows John with Jeanette Knight.

The school’s head of fashion and textiles Margaret Springthorpe had launched an evening class for pensioners on needlework and embroidery.

The photograph shows Joy Westwood (left) with Irene Pownall and Marjorie Clive, who were making a suit using terylene worsted material during a tailoring class.

Needlework classes for adults were taking place at the school. The photograph shows Margaret Springthorpe (left) checking the final fitting of a corduroy dress made by Marion Box of Roebuck Road, Leamore.

An open evening was organised to showcase the range of evening classes available. John Welsh is quoted. The photograph shows a dressmaking class with (from left) Vi Bent, Joyce Flanagan, Katrina Cox, Rhoda Deakin and Winn Standford.

A new scheme was offering adults the chance to gain O-Levels alongside children, as part of a project to break down the barriers between school and community. The photograph shows Dawn Pinchers of Second Avenue in Low Hill and Maureen Ratcliffe of Goodyea

The photograph shows a woodworking class with instructor John Bood teaching Vincent McNulty, Bryan Barrett, Dennis Cartwright and Glynn Chapman.

Gwendolyn Salmon was a regional winner in awards presented during Adult Learners’ Week, at the centre, which was a jointly funded project between Bilston Community College, Wolverhampton Training and Enterprise Council and Wulfrun College. Audrey Jones is