Burton Library, Union Street, Burton-upon-Trent

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Date:1940 - 1949 (c.)

Description:A lender passing a book to a librarian in Burton Library.

In 1876 the Mechanics’ Institute and the Burton Literary Society were amalgamated as the Burton Institute. This moved to new premises in Union Street in 1879. The institute occupied the ground floor with a library and a reading room. The second floor was occupied by the School of Art and part of the third floor by the School of Science. In 1896 the premises were acquired by Burton Municipal Corporation for use as Burton’s first Free Library, available to everyone. By the 1970s, the Union Street building was far too cramped for its purpose and the new purpose-built Burton Library opened in 1976 at Riverside, off High Street on the redundant Bass Maltings site. The Union Street building was demolished the following year.

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