The Empire Theatre, Longton
The Chancery Lane side of the building. Built as the Queen's Theatre in 1896 after a fire had destroyed the previous building, the Empire was a theatre until 1921, when it was converted into a cinema. ...
The 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 ...
The Library, Blythe Bridge
The library was built c1964, and like the police houses, police station and the high school, it stands on the site of the old Blythe House.
Blythe House was built in 1853 for Charles Harvey and his ...
The old library and museum buildings in Pall Mall, Hanley
A view down Pall Mall towards the Piccadilly crossroads with the old library, art gallery and museum on the left. Closest to the camera is the original City Library which itself was originally a school ...
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.
Stafford's ...
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. ...
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.
View of the Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The building seen on the far right hand side of this photograph was a private house, which was demolished in 1930. The Silverdale Equitable Industrial Co-operative Society purchased the site and built ...
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, ...
William Salt Library, Stafford
A view of 18 and 19 Eastgate Street, Stafford, the home of the William Salt Library between 1918 and 2022. Number 19, a Grade II* listed Georgian town house, is now believed to have a hidden timber core ...
Wombourne Library
Wombourne Library stands on Windmill Bank and was opened in 1960