This film in the Hartlepool Council collection documents staff and student activities at the Lynn Street Adult Training Centre in the early 1970s. Title: Lynn Street Adult Training Centre Pre-1976 The film opens with general views of the exterior of the Lynn Street Adult Training Centre. A woman worker is at the entrance to the centre. Various shots of staff engaged at different tasks follow. A man is mowing the lawn. Another man mops the floor of the kitchen. Other workers are scouring...

This film in the Hartlepool Council collection documents staff and student activities at the Lynn Street Adult Training Centre in the early 1970s. Title: Lynn Street Adult Training Centre Pre-1976 The film opens with general views of the exterior of the Lynn Street Adult Training Centre. A woman worker is at the entrance to the centre. Various shots of staff engaged at different tasks follow. A man is mowing the lawn. Another man mops the floor of the kitchen. Other workers are scouring potatoes, doing the laundry, feeding sheets into a rolling mechanism, and operating a mechanical press. A student at the centre helps to fold up laundry. A man is giving a haircut to one of the male students. A woman washes someone’s hair. Another woman is sewing sheets. There are various shots of students in a classroom in the centre engaged in different learning activities and handicrafts, which include wrapping presents, sewing, making lampshades, weaving and making rag rugs. In the canteen, students have a tea break. The film returns to the activities of the students. There are various shots of men in a metal workshop. A man is painting pictures. Scenes of students in a carpentry workshop follow, where some men are working on a model castle. The camera pans around a crowded display of different handmade items for sale, from dolls houses to furniture and table lamps. All are labelled with prices. A woman arranges the items. In a centre garage a teacher is instructing a student in cleaning a car. The camera pans across to other students working on car valeting services. A closing shot shows the exterior of the building.