Perry Common Branch Library, Perry Barr
Tea in the Junior Room at Perry Common Branch Library, Perry Barr, on opening day in 1933.
Perry Common Library
Exterior view of Perry Common Library. This library served the nearby community of Kingstanding until 1964 when Kingstanding Library was opened.
Save the Library
Balsall Heath Library, like the Baths next door, has not been well maintained over the years. It was closed for several months from the end of 2008 and, because it was closed for much longer than intended ...
Spring Hill and Icknield Street, Ladywood
In this aerial view of the junction of Spring Hill (to the left) and Icknield Street (to the right) Spring Hill Library stands grandly in the centre, hemmed in by somewhat less grand Victorian development. ...
Spring Hill Library
This fine building survives because of the efforts of the Victorian Society in the 1970s to prevent its demolition. It was in the way of the proposed Middle Ring Road, but a last minute change of route ...
Spring Hill Library, Ladywood
Spring Hill Library, Ladywood, on the corner of Spring Hill and Icknield Street, was opened in 1893. A splendid Gothic affair in red brick and terracotta with a tower and steeple, it was designed by Martin ...
The Central Lending Library
This photograph is one of the promotional images used for the new Central Library when it was opened in 1973. The view is of the Central Lending Library, focussing on the books returned counter, which ...
The Central Library
This is one of the promotional photographs used to publicise the opening of the new Central Library in 1973. The party of gents coming up the escalator to the first floor are not named. Possibly they ...
The old Central Library in Ratcliff Place
Taken by George Whitehouse. The old Library, still fondly remembered by many people, stood next to the Town Hall.