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Howlish Hall Ministry of Labour Junior Transfer Centre

Reference: E/C Catalogue Title: Howlish Hall Ministry of Labour Junior Transfer Centre Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1930s-1940s

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Miscellaneous (Ref: E/C/G26(1-24))

Juvenile Transference Scheme and Junior Transfer Centres
In 1935, in an attempt to train and transfer young people from areas of high unemployment to areas where jobs were available, the Ministry of Labour introduced the Juvenile Transfer Scheme. Prior to transfer candidates, aged 14-18 years, were trained for further employment and their standard of health and physical fitness improved at Junior Transfer Centres. The first of these residential centres, opened in July 1935, was Howlish Hall, near Coundon, County Durham. It was for boys and was administered by the Durham Education Authority on behalf of the Ministry of Labour. This centre was so successful that others were opened in Wales and Yorkshire. These were administered by the Y.M.C.A. on behalf of the Ministry. After training and transfer the young people were provided with clothing, maintenance grants when necessary and in some cases accommodation often in hostels administered by the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. In 1936 over 15,000 young people were trained and transferred through this scheme though numbers began to fall as employment prospects improved.


Photographs of activities, [1930s - 1940s]


Photograph of the exterior of Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of new recruits being weighed by two teachers at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of two boys standing by their beds at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, checking their kit which is being issued to them by a teacher, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys attending a lecture at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of a teacher and boys of Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, doing physical training, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of the cook preparing a meal for the boys at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of the boys of Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, eating dinner, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of a teacher and boys during a woodwork class at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys working on a motorbike and other mechanical equipment, at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of a lady, supervising two boys cleaning the floor at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of four boys tending plants (including grape vines) in a greenhouse at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys tending plants in a greenhouse at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys, hoeing in a field full of cabbages, at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of a boy having his temperature taken in the Sick Bay at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys of Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, walking in a crocodile file, carrying towels, going bathing, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of two boys boxing, with a group of boys watching, at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys on the putting green at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys playing cricket, watched by a teacher, at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys playing billiards at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys playing billiards at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys playing table tennis at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of a teacher playing the piano and the boys having a sing-song, at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of boys writing letters home, while at Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, n.d., [1930s-1940s]


Photograph of a boy, saying goodbye to a member of staff, as he leaves Howlish Hall, Coundon, Junior Transfer Centre, having completed his training, n.d., [1930s-1940s]
(1 volume, cloth bound, containing 24 photographs, black and white)