The works of Virgil translated into English Blank verse with large explanatory notes & critical observations by Joseph Trapp
Joseph Trapp was an English Clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteer; his achievements led him to be the first Professor of Poetry at Oxford University. His book is his most remembered work and is stated ...
Thomas Jackson, Public Library, Stafford
Thomas Jackson with outside the entrance to the Free Public Library on the ground floor of the Borough Hall, Eastgate Street, Stafford. He was Librarian and Curator between 1892 and 1927.
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Thomas Jackson, Stafford Library and Museum
Thomas Jackson with Museum displays in the Lecture Room. He was Librarian and Curator between 1892 and 1927. This room, on the Bailey Street side of the building, was later the Children's Library. ...
Townswomen's Guild, Stafford
This picture shows the Vice-Chairman of the Stafford Central Townswomen’s Guild, Mrs C D Lingwood (left), as she chats with members of a panel who discussed the subject “Theatre versus Cinema”, at the ...
View of Corporation Street, Tamworth
On the left can be seen the Cemetery and railings of the Carnegie Library. The Assembly Rooms are directly ahead, and the Drill Hall is on the right hand side. The Assembly rooms were built by a public ...
View of Kinver Library, High Street, Kinver
The library can be seen here in the background. This was built as the National School for boys and girls in 1851. When new schools were eventually built, it became the village library.
Wedgwood Institute, Queen Street, Burslem
The Wedgwood Memorial Institute in Queen Street, Burslem, is an example of a Grade II Listed Building. It was constructed between 1863 and 1869. The street front of the building has elaborate decoration, ...
Whist Drive Invitation, Longton
Souvenir ticket for a "Whist Drive & Social" evening taking place at Longton Library on December 17th 1908. The whist drive was either for Longton Labour Church or the Social Democratic Foundation, organisations ...
William Salt
William Salt was born in 1808 in London, the son of John Stevenson Salt and Sarah Stevenson, and the great-grandson of John Stevenson who, in 1737, founded the first bank in Stafford. The Stevenson family ...
William Salt Library, Eastgate Street, Stafford
A rainy day at the junction of Tipping Street and Eastgate Street in the early 1950s, featuring a double-decker bus and the William Salt Library.
William Salt was a banker and Fellow of the Society ...
Wombourne Library
Wombourne Library stands on Windmill Bank and was opened in 1960
Wyrley No.3 Colliery, Great Wyrley
Opened in 1905, Wyrley No.3 Colliery was owned by William Harrison Ltd until 1947, when it was taken over and managed by the National Coal Board until 1963 when it merged with Mid Cannock Colliery. This ...