18-19 Eastgate Street, 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 ...
21 Church Street, Tamworth
Number 21 Church Street has been used both as a library and Municipal offices over the years. Sir Robert Peel's Public Library, founded in 1841 in Colehill, was transferred to this site in 1871, but closed ...
Annual Exhibition, Stafford Photographic Society, Stafford
Mr N E Veale, of Manor Rise, Walton, Stone tells the Mayor of Stafford, Alderman C E Fowke, himself an expert photographer, how he took “A Winter’s Day”, the print which gained him the silver medal for ...
Art Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
Life drawing in Mr. Morse's art class. The Sutherland Institute was opened in 1899 on land given by Cromartie Sutherland-Levison-Gower, the 4th Duke of Sutherland. Today it houses Longton Library.
Art Gallery, Stafford Library & Museum
A view of the refurbished Art Gallery after the Library and Museum extension was added in 1962. This room, on the first floor of the Lichfield Road side of the building, was originally the Library Reference ...
Baptist Church, Stafford,
The Baptist Chapel on The Green opened in 1896. The unusual spire was designed by Birmingham architect Ewen Harper.
To the right of the chapel is the Art Gallery and Library. In the 1970s the road ...
Bath Street, Stoke upon Trent
From Spark Terrace corner Bath Street runs steeply down to London Road. The van with the Michelin Man on the roof is parked outside the original Stoke Library building. The factory building at the bottom ...
Boots the Chemist, Subscription Library, Uttoxeter
An interior view of the Subscription Library which was run by Boots the Chemist at their premises on High Street, Uttoxeter. This library closed in the mid 1950s.
From left to right: Cynthia Yates, ...
Boys’ Library, Denstone College
The Boys’ Library opened in 1881. In 1899 new oak bookcases were installed and the contents organised by Mr A. A. Armstrong, the Librarian.
Denstone College was begun in 1868 and opened in 1873 as ...
Brewood Library
Brewood Library is situated on Newport Street and was opened by Councillor F.W. Savill, Chairman of Staffordshire County Council's library sub-committee on 27 March 1972. Built at a cost of £30,000 it ...
Bridge Street, Stafford
This view looks towards the Public Free Library and Stafford Museum & Art Gallery, built in 1914, in the centre of the photograph.
The building on the left, behind the road sign, houses: T.A. Rowney's ...
Brough Park and the Nicholson Institute, Leek
A view of the Nicholson Institute from Brough Park. The Nicholson Institute was presented to the town by Joshua Nicholson, a silk manufacturer, as a monument to Richard Cobden, the zealous campaigner ...
Building the City Central Library, Bethesda Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken during the early stages of the building of the City Central Library and Archives in Bethesda Street. On the left is the chimney attached to the boiler house and on the right ...
Burslem Town Hall
The western end of Burslem's second Town Hall in Market Place. Opened in 1854, this building replaced the first Town Hall and was built on the same site. Behind to the left are PMT buses parked in Market ...
Burton Library, Meadowside Drive, Burton-upon-Trent
Burton Library was opened in 1977 and occupies the site of a Bass malthouse. it replaced the free library opened by Burton corporation in 1892 which stood on Union Street.
This Image is from a collection ...
Burton Library, Union Street, Burton-upon-Trent
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 ...
Burton Library, Union Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Boys and girls in the junior section of 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 ...
Burton Library, Union Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Boys pictured in the Junior section of Burton Library on Union Street during Boys and Girls Book Week, 7 - 12 November 1932.
In 1876 the Mechanics’ Institute and the Burton Literary Society were amalgamated ...