Balsall Heath Library
Another view of the library interior 1910. Silence prevailed with separate tables for "Ladies", "Gentlemen", "Girls" and "Boys" while assistants fetched books on request.
Balsall Heath Library
The library, adjoining the baths on Moseley Road, opened its doors in 1896. A fine and imposing architectural landmark complete with clock tower, it was built for the district as a reward for becoming ...
Balsall Heath Library
Balsall Heath Library, Moseley Road 1910. Notice the over head supply cables for the electric trams, which ran from the depot further along Mosesley Road
Balsall Heath Library Computer Centre
A room at the back of the library was converted into a Local Learning Centre where Balsall Heath residents could get to know the basics of computing and word processing. Over 25 years computing has come ...
Balsall Heath Library Interior
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 ...
Birchfield Branch Library
This building on Birchfield Road was once known as the Perry Barr Institute. It became Birchfield Library, a satellite of Handsworth Library in September 1897, when the two front rooms began to be used, ...
Birchfield Library, Perry Barr
Interior of Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr, looking remarkably smart in 1952. The building dates from 1874 but only became a branch library in 1886. Many of the books on the right sport traditional ...
Birchfield Library, Perry Barr
Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr. This 1952 interior view with no signs of wear and tear might suggest that the library had recently been decorated and re-fitted.
Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr
The delivery counter at Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr, in 1913. The building was opened as Birchfield Library in 1886 but had begun life in 1874 as Perry Barr Institute.
Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr
The reading room at Birchfield Public Library, Perry Barr, photographed in 1913.
Birmingham Public Libraries Book Exchange Service
This photograph shows the delivery van outside the old Central Library at Ratcliffe Place. The lady looks very much like the stereotypical image of a librarian!
Birmingham Public Library
Birmingham Public Library, seen from Edmund Street and looking along the Ratcliff Place frontage, from a tinted postcard. The far end of the building beyond the entrance portico is the Birmingham and ...
Building the new Central Library
A view of the scaffolding around the new Library as it was being built. The two concrete pillars to the left and right of the picture are part of the Library structure. Intriguingly the picture also manages ...
Handsworth bans Jude The Obscure
The Handsworth Library Annual Report made no reference to the banning of 'Jude the Obscure', by Thomas Hardy, from the library in March 1896, but there was animated discussion in the newspapers
'Mr ...
Handsworth Community Library, Handsworth
Handsworth Community Library, Soho Road, Handsworth. The building had started life in 1879 as the council house for Handsworth Urban District Council. The branch library opened in the building in 1880. ...
Handsworth Council House and Library, Soho Road
A photograph of Handsworth Council House and Library taken in the late 1980's. City College, formerly known as Handsworth Technical College, now occupies the Council House portion of the building but ...
Handsworth Council House and Public Library
Building commenced on October 30th 1877. This photograph was taken after 1891 when the extension to the library premises had been built.
Handsworth Council Offices
Building commenced on October 30th 1877. It is located on the corner of Soho Road and Stafford Road and is now familiarly known as the location of the public library.