About the contributor

Wymondham Learning Centre^{About links} is a community run Adult Learning Centre in the market town of Wymondham,^{About links}
Norfolk. We offer a full range of courses from 'taster' sessions through to accredited IT qualifications. Almost a thousand course places were filled in our Centre in the last twelve months, and we carry out extensive outreach in surrounding rural areas using laptop computers.

We work with local residents to raise awareness and skills in the areas of IT and Skills for Life,^{About links} and we are working as a BBC People's War Associate Centre to achieve this. Wymondham has a rich war time history as it was surrounded by USAF 8th Army Air Force bomber bases,^{About links}. The base at Hethel,^{About links}
just outside Wymondham, is now the home of world-famous Lotus Cars.^{About links} The local area had many other military installations including a large military hospital.^{About links}

Our plans for the BBC People's War include a programme of memory recording, and a course for Adult Learners using internet resources to explore the area's World War Two history. We are working closely with Wymondham Library^{About links} and other partners on this project.

Key project members are:

Jo Howell - lead project worker for story collection

Bob Shingleton - Project Manager^{About links}

Lee Armstrong - Editor-In-Chief

Mark Goldspink - Wymondham Library Manager

We want to hear from local residents with memories, and also need volunteers to help with a range of work from transcribing stories to helping create displays.

To contact Wymondham Learning

Phone: 01953 600737

Fax: 01953 609776

To visit the Learning Centre

Our address is: 14, Middleton St, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR14 8HJ

We are located at the bottom (Abbey) end of the main street. The Centre does not face onto Middleton St. It is behind the Town Council Offices. Look for Jarrolds shop. Across the road there are blue double gates between Gipsons greengrocers and the Town Council Office. Go through these gates, and the Centre is ahead. There are several Pay and Display Car parks in easy walking distance, and restricted on road parking in Middleton St. The Centre only has parking for disabled learners, but there is plenty of space for cycles.