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

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

The school was staging its annual show of work completed by adult students at the Sandwell Centre, in a bid to attract others. The photograph shows Carol Fitton admiring a floral display by Heather Bolt (right).

A crane had been brought in for free from Walsall crane hire company, ABA, to lay tons of stone into a rockery at the front of the centre. Dennis Crowe is quoted, and the story was written by R. Lockley.

Former students and others returned to attend an annual open day. The photograph shows Marion Jones with Carla Upton (right) and Jeanette Griffin, both from Sandbank Nursery.

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

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.

The photograph shows Pat Phillips taking a keep fit class.

Record numbers of people turned up to enrol on courses, and some were fully booked within an hour of the doors opening. John Macaskill is quoted, and the photograph shows a queue of people round the block.

Alice Jewitt who lived in Highlands in Stafford had left money towards a new minibus for the centre when she passed away. The photograph shows Councillor Michael Poulter of Staffordshire County Council receiving the keys to the minibus from Hannah Woods.