Library Collection

Quiet please, at the Birmingham Reference Library, Ratcliffe Place, 27th March 1961

The library at Chartwell House. Inset in the bookcase is a model of the Mulberry Harbour at Port Arromanches as it was on D-Day plus 109 (September 23rd 1944)

Gamble Institute, St Helens, Merseyside, 14th November 1958, Erected in 1896 by Sir David Gamble, the building began life as a library and technical school

Comedian Les Dawson at home near Blackpool, Lancashire. 18th May 1973

Queen Elizabeth II visits John Rylands Library, Manchester

The British Museum, London. 1930s

A Korean professor has singled out a Cleveland school for his study of the best in British education

Mary Sheridan as Jane West and Spencer Trevor as Edward Laverick in a scene from " The Fourth Wall by a Milne, at the Haymarket Theatre. 1st March 1928

The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, West Wales, Circa 1920

Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France. August 1977

Denis Healey in the library at his home in Sussex. 30th May 1985

18-month-old Ellen Garbutt of Redcar sorts out the foot prints in Redcar Library. 1st October 1997

Jonathan Ridley, library assistant, doesn t need to be tied to the phone anymore

Deputy business and technical librarian Noel Hanson demonstrates the on-line computer terminals, the only ones in libraries in Tyne and Wear, at Newcastle Central Library. 16th January 1984

Computer service at Central Library, Coventry. 16th October 1976

A special television monitor for Coventrys new central library will help people read the small print. The screen, which magnifies print was tested by the Lord Mayor, Bill McKernan

Coventry library, which used to be the old Locarno Ballroom. 1st February 1990

Singing the praises of the new Slaithwaite Junior Library are these children from the village playgroup

Teatime treat... musician and storyteller Bob Pegg entertains youngsters at Almondbury Library

Birmingham Reference Library, Ratcliffe Place, Birmingham, West Midlands, circa 1960

Students at work in Birminghams Central Reference Library. Protests that they have to queue for seats at times have been made in support of pleas for a new building for the library. 9th February 1960

The library of Lambton Castle in December 1931

Pupils of Newbold Grange High School having lessons in the Rugby Borough Library

Novelist J. B. Priestley in the library of his home, Kissing Tree House, in the village of Alveston near Stratford. 21st October 1968

David Rodger in the pornography library of the British Museum January 1968

160 specially selected Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)

Young Polish soldiers, posted to the Polish Forces in Scotland, continue their studies by visiting the various Universities in Scotland. A young soldier pictured in the University Library

H. G. Wells, English writer, pictured at home, 28th September 1931. Herbert George Wells

Queen Elizabeth II visits Manchester. The Queen watches a demonstration of the computerised digital retrieval system at John Rylands Library, by library assistant Alison Morris. 5th May 1982

Paul McCartney, in Liverpool, on the day he receives the title of Honorary Freedom of the City of Liverpool

The opening of Eston Park school. Shadow education minister Derek Fatchett is shown the schools library by Jasmine Harper and John Williams. 29th October 1991

Mobile childrens library in Nottinghamshire, 26th August 1964.Mobile childrens library in Nottinghamshire, 26th August 1964

Chris Marsden (left) and Gerry Peach, alias Bill and Ben, meet youngsters at New Mill Library

The Green Library at Himley Hall. 29th November 1934

Denis Healey at his home in Sussex with one of his contributions to his library, a book of photographs. 30th May 1985

Central Library, Middlesbrough, 17th July 1989

Central Library, Victoria Square, Middlesbrough, 21st October 1985. Librarian, Catherine Thompson, in the reference section

Refurbished, Central Library, Victoria Square, Middlesbrough, 30th December 1992. Reference Librarian Larry Bruce

Children from Abingdon Junior School caused quite a stir when they sang Christmas Carols at Middlesbrough Central Library, 9th December 1992

Jacqueline Collantine with Jonathan, 2, in the new childrens library at Stockton Central Library. 15th January 1998

The launch of the Childrens Library Charter at Stockton Library. Clown (Val Northcombe, Library Assistant) reads books to the children. 28th May 1996

A true love romance gripped one stockton bookworm so much she just couldn t let it go - for 22 years

Librarians at Stockton Library have dressed up as characters from well known books and are holding a competition for the public to guess who they are. Jill Campbell is dressed as Noddy

Yo Ho Ho! Swash-buckling pirates swarm the good ship Stockton Library

Eva Sharp with the first book from the new Book Bus, launched in Stockton. Also pictured are Jenny Rodway and Mayor Anne McCoy. 4th August 1998

Newcastle Central Library. 27th September 1985

Reference library at Newcastle Central Library. April 1956

Theres always plenty of activity here. Its the room where all the local history questions are answered just one of the many behind-the-scenes departments of the Central Library. 15th March 1956

Jesmond, Newcastle branch library, the first circular library in the North-East opens to the public tomorrow

Publicity Officer David Boyes looks at some of the treasures housed at the Central Library, Newcastle. 16th January 1984

This is part of the Lending Library that the public rarely see, always a hive of activity

Interior view of reference rooms in the new central library. 14th March 1969

Extra staff may be needed to ease the strain on the workers at Coventry central library, since the librarys move to the site of the former Tiffanys Ballroom in the city centre

Coventry city library. 21st July 1978

Inside the new branch library in Church Hall, Hurst Road, Longford. 9th February 1965

Borrowers are unanimous: Coventrys new central Library was an addition worth waiting for. They were queuing outside at 9am waiting for the doors to open

Library wraps come off. Opening time! Kirklees Leisure Services
Library wraps come off

Berwick Hills new Library, Middlesbrough, 6th August 1997. Opens

Young Ben Astin, of Dalton, gets a helping hand from his mother, Mrs Helen Astin, at a Collage Train event at Huddersfield Childrens Library

Huddersfield Junior Library was under siege when some 50 Red Indians turned up! But there was no panic - they were only youngsters taking part in the librarys Indians Day

Librarian Mrs. Enid Blackburn reads to some of the children who attended a story time event at Slaithwaithe library

The library at Binley Park Comprehensive School. 19th October 1967

The reading room at the Birmingham Reference Library, Ratcliffe Place, 27th March 1961

Ahoy there! Kris Hodgkyns (left) and John Steventon take to a life on the ocean wave, thanks to a new playboat belonging to Holmfirth WRVS Toy Library

Manchester Central Library, 4th April 1953

Students at Coventrys Henley College are benefiting from a new hi-tech learning college

Bookworms Jennifer Shuttleworth, seven (left) and Andrew Parker, also seven, delve into the world of childrens literature at a book fair at Upper Whitley Junior and Infants School

Stockton Mayor Jim Vaughan officially opens the new library at St Pauls RC Primary School, Billingham. He is pictured with the first to use the new facility, Helen McMahon and James Duffy

Paddy Ashdown visits Light Hall School, Shirley. Mr Ashdown meets Sarah Smith, 11 and Gareth Lyons, 12 in the school library. 2nd February 1993

North East Festivals The opening day of the Gateshead Flower and Arts Festival at Gateshead Library 29 May 1997 - Members of the public viewing the artwork

Leadhills Miners Library which is the oldest subscription Library in the UK established in 1741...Lead miners at work, Date Unknown

David Rodger, deputy keeper of books at the British Museum looks inside the case containing Britains collection of dirty books, which have previously never been photographed. 3rd January 1968

Children taking part in the summer holiday play leadership scheme in Leamington enjoy one of the few quiter activities arranged for them - a visit to Leamington junior library

Blackburn Rovers footballer Ken Knighton pictured reading stories to a group of children. December 1969 Z11884

10 yr old girl librarian. Shirley Needham, whose mother is a pantomime star has been made librarian at the hostel for children of actors at Ealine. January 1948

Cardiff - Old - Library - Dr Who actor Tom Baker and Lisa Jenkins of Neath, with the time capsule before it was buried in the foundations of South Glamorgans new county library in Cardiff

The British Museum Jan 1968 The Museums Private case in which the nations collection of pornography is enshrined

The British Museum Library March 1927. This giant vehicle is used to convey cleaned and repaired books to their shelves

Cardiff - Old - Library - Dr Who actor Tom Baker and Lisa Jenkins of Neath, with the time capsule before it was buried in the foundations of South Glamorgans new county library in Cardiff

Scene from the play Charleys Aunt. 24 December 1929

Student nurses who have completed the "Access to Nursing"
Student nurses who have completed the " Access to Nursing" course at Walsgrave hospital, Coventry

Cover containing Daily Mirror negatives from Second World War

A scene from Young Furnald Young Furnald brings Bob back to the cottage, having rescued him from the snow drift he having sprained his ankle and therefore helpless. September 1910 P000323

The Marquis of Hertford pictured at Ragley Hall, near Alcester

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