British Telecom Technical College, Yarnfield

An aerial view of the British Telecom Technical College at Yarnfield, near Stone, looking north-west.
The General Post Office Engineering Department Central Training School opened in Yarnfield in 1946.
It occupied buildings at Howard Hall, Duncan Hall and Beatty Hall, which had all acted as transit camps
for United States Air Force personnel during the Second World War. In 1984 G.P.O. telephones became British Telecom.
The Training Centre had a further change of name in 2002 when it became part of Accenture; British Telecom
remain the centre's main customer.

A view showing some of the student accomodation, with the distinctive water tower on the left.

A view of Duncan Hall taken just prior to its demolition in 1987.
It is now the site of new housing on Ashdale Park and De Havilland Drive.
Duncan Hall, Beatty Hall and Howard Hall (all named after Royal Navy Admirals)
were built in 1938 for munitions workers relocated from Woolwich Arsenal to work
at the Royal Ordnance factory at Swynnerton. However, they were not occupied by muntions workers,
and instead were occupied by the United States Air Force during the Second World War.

British Telecom Central Building opened in 1984