develop my own pictures

I remember doing alot of this last year in my Computer Arts class. We did everything from traditionally loading black and white film, to taking school trips downtown to take pictures and then developing them the days after.
If there’re any Community Centres or Art Studios you could go to, I’m sure you could get access to a dark room, easy. It’s a great feeling doing everything from start to end yourself. And the process is alot easier than one can imagine. Well, everything except dealing with the chemical/acid fumes. Bahh.