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Institute, The Avery Hill College of Education, University of London,
Maria Grey college, St. Nicholas' College, North Western Polytechnic and
the Kingdon Ward School of Speech Therapy.
College Park Training Centre has places for 35 older girls and women and
daily attendance during the year ended 31 December 1969 was 28. Since 1
April 1965, places had been made available for residents from the London
Borough of Camden, the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, but during the year Camden opened their own Centre
and were able to withdraw their trainees from College Park Training Centre.
One member of staff was seconded on the Diploma Course in the Montessori
Method of Education.
The trainees contined to do some industrial work for local firms and
widened their scope to include packing sand paper, sanding discs and masking tape, in addition to their long-standing arrangements for stuffing
soft toys, sewing gas mantles and assembling cheese boxes. They also undertook the hand laundry for their own and two other training centres and a
nearby school.
During Summer the girls enjoyed a day's outing by coach to Westcliffon-Sea.
This year the Christmas party was held for the first time during
the evening and proved very popular with everyone because it enabled more
fathers than usual to join in the festivities. Gifts of money were received from the Hammersmith and North London branches of the National
Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and the Hammersmith Branch also
present the Centre with a transistor radio.
Visits were made to the Centre by groups of medical students, student
nurses and trainee health visitors.
Training Centres' Organised Holiday
Officers of the Council's Personal Health Services again undertook
the arrangements for the annual holiday for trainees for the Inner London
Area at St. Mary's Bay School Journey Centre, Dymchurch, from 3-17 May
1968.
33 Hammersmith residents were included in the party of 268, the highest number who have so far attended. The party was led by Mr. Potter,
Supervisor of North Kensington Training Centre, assisted by Mrs. Lee,
Supervisor of College Park Training Centre, together with 30 members of
staff from various training centres throughout London.
The weather was mainly sunny and some days were warm enough for paddling and bathing in the sea. Several outings were arranged during the
fortnight for the trainees, by coach to Dover Castle and Harbour, Canterbury, Rye, and Lympne Airport, and by miniature railway to Hythe and Dungeness for a visit of inspection to the lighthouse and lifeboat station.
The party were pleased to receive visits from officers and members of the
Inner London Boroughs participating in the holiday.
Day Centre
The Centre has 25 places for the rehabilitation of the mentally ill
and on 31 December 1968 there were 27 on the register and the average
daily attendance was 17.
The Centre opened daily from Monday to Friday under the guidance of
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