Date:1910
Description:Balsall Heath library C.1910. The tables are segregated into Ladies, Gentlemen, Girls and Boys. The available books were shown on the boards at the left of the picture. The books were kept away from the users, who had to request a specific item from the staff at the counter. The bookcases were quite high and about half of the stock was available by climbing a flimsy ladder
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
This church was an off-shoot of the Cherry Street chapel in Birmingham founded in ...
Another view of the library interior 1910. Silence prevailed with separate tables ...
An exterior shot of Balsall Heath Library, Moseley Road during the Seventies.
The bright and welcoming library interior 2000
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Source: Balsall Heath Local History Society
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