Description:The Institute was opened in 1911 by Lady Cooper of Shenstone Court in memory of her father, Elias Ashmole Ashmall, a local farmer and churchwarden for 34 years who had died in 1889. Most of the cost was funded by his son-in-law, Sir Richard Powell Cooper, Bt. of Shenstone Court. The site was given by Francis Villiers Forster & Sir Charles Forster Bt, of Lysways Hall, Longdon. It was extended in 1972. It is currently (2023) a Social Club.
Elias Ashmole Ashmall claimed descent from the Lichfield born antiquary, Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) who donated most of his collection of curiosities and artifacts to Oxford University to create the Ashmolen Museum.
The postcard was posted from Lichfield in 1912 to a Sutton Coldfield address. The Mr Leckie mentioned on the front of the card may have been a saddlery and harness maker from Sutton Coldfield who had a house, 'Gartmore', built in Hammerwich in the 1890s.