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Kinver Library

Kinver Library on Vicarage Drive. The National School for boys and girls was opened in 1851. In 1856 there were 69 boys and 53 girls. In 1861 it became a girls school. It later became a Primary ...

Kinver Library

Kinver Library on Vicarage Drive. It was originally built as the National School. The National School for boys and girls was opened in 1851. In 1856 there were 69 boys and 53 girls. In 1861 it became ...

Lecture Hall, Stafford Library & Museum

A view of the Lecture Hall after it was reorganised ready for re-opening in 1947, the Library and Museum having been closed for the duration of the Second World War. Oil paintings and framed embroideries ...

Library staff, Stafford Library & Museum

Library staff in the first floor Reference Room in Stafford Library and Museum at The Green. Third from left is Thomas Jackson who was Librarian and Curator between 1892 and 1927. The Reference Room ...

Library Van, Stafford,

Stafford's first mobile library was commissioned in 1950.

Lichfield - Library: sepia drawing

'Permanent Library at Lichfield.' Showing a Georgian house of three storeys with a panelled door. On the left is a half-timber house, and other, behind which is St. Mary's Church tower. This house ...

Lichfield Museum and Free Library

Built in the Italianate style, this building originally housed Lichfield's Museum and Library and was opened in 1859. In 1958 the Museum was moved into the former probate court adjoining the north side ...

Lichfield Museum and Free Library, Beacon Street, Lichfield

Built in the Italianate style, the Museum and Library were opened in 1859. The Museum was moved out in 1958 and the Library in 1990. In 2003 the building was the Registry Office.

Long Service Awards, Stafford Photographic Society

Congratulations are expressed by the President of Stafford Photographic Society to three members, after they received presentations in recognition of their long service. Left to right: Mr and Mrs J D ...

Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Municipal Hall was built, between 1888 and 1890, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was built in red brick with a facade containing life size figures that represented art, literature, ...

Municipal Hall, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of the Municipal Hall taken from Queen's Gardens. The Gardens were laid out in 1897 on land that had been bought by public subscription, in order to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.The ...

National Book League, Stafford

Alderman H J Bostock, President of the Stafford branch of the National Book League, gives a welcoming handshake to Canon J E W Wallis, canon and librarian at Lichfield Cathedral, (deputising for the Bishop ...

Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This part of Newcastle was originally a marsh that was drained during the 18th century to create new land on which to build. Nelson Place was created to provide a central point at which six roads met. ...

Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This part of Newcastle was originally a marsh that was drained during the 18th century to create new land on which to build. Nelson Place was created to provide a central point at which six roads met. ...

New Free Library, Stafford

Stafford's library was housed in the Borough Hall until 1914. The new library building on The Green was built in 1913, with funds from the Carnegie Trust. The building also housed the Wragge Museum, later ...

New Free Library, Stafford,

Stafford's library was housed in the Borough Hall until 1914. The new library building on The Green was built in 1913, with funds from the Carnegie Trust. The building also housed the Wragge Museum, ...

North Branch Library, Rowley Street, Stafford,

Old Library, Corporation Street, Tamworth

The library was built in 1905 from money provided by the great American philanthropist Mr Andrew Carnegie. There had been other libraries in Tamworth before this, but these charged for membership and ...