The centre was built beside the Mark Brittain Warehouse (later Baldwin's Casuals), and had its main entrance on Viaduct Street. The building was owned by the council, and run by a committee with a Community Development Officer assigned as a full-time administrator. Ken Barlow filled this role from 1975 to 1983. Over the years, the centre was used for many wedding receptions, parties, meetings, a nursery, classes, flower shows, plays, youth clubs, pantomimes, and fetes. In 1989, the council sold the building to Maurice Jones, who demolished it as part of his re-development of the local area.