Lady Albemarle's groundbreaking 1960 report ushered in thousands of new youth clubs and a golden era for youth work. However, times change and many of those centres have long since frayed at the edges or said goodbye to young people altogether.
Image is important to teenagers, which is not to say there aren't Albemarle centres that still attract them. But as this week's cover feature demonstrates (see p12), young people like those in Forest Gate, east London, are seduced by conservatories, chill-out zones, yellow walls and Starbucks-style sofas - topped up with good old-fashioned youth work, of course.
Buildings are part of a wider context, illustrated by the diversification of where youth work takes place. And the revamping of libraries to embrace MTV, CD listening posts and internet cafes is another part of that process (see p8).
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