An introduction to Pecket in its early days. We see the building before conversion, meet members in the Halifax office and at Pecket, who explain the project. Joe explains why we do not use the word ‘student’. The video was filmed by John Glynn, a Pecket Wellian and the interviewer was Ming Gold, a participant and member. They had fun starting the video doing retakes, showing how we learn from our mistakes. The video finishes with a deaf participant from our pilot residential course addressing us in BSL.
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This video was part of Pecket Learning Communitiy's digital archive, which is no longer available due to funding. The FWWCP Collection is working with members from Pecket to hopefully reestablish Pecket's wesbite, but until that time, we have been able to share some resources here. To learn more about Pecket Well College and Pecket Learning Community, read Telling It, written by Cilla Ross and shortened by Pauline Nugent, which tells the story of Pecket with an oral history from its members. The description for this video was originally written on the Pecket archive website. Pecket Well College was a member of the Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers. Please note: Any video use should credit Pecket Learning Community (pecket.org)
Not all documents in the archive have been digitized. If the download is not available, please inquire about accessing the item, which is housed at the Trades Union Congress Library's Special Collections in London, England.
