Withnail
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Neo-Georgian?
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Noah
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That'll do
While Kyotos facts are way off.... as normal.
But is wasn't Stafford Performing Arts Staffordshire Performing Arts. County service not town.
Also some mentioned it most recently county council owned and sold, but the article states it was borough. Anyone know who it was.
People don't care about heritage until it is gone. Most talk a good game but simply don't care if it means getting off their arse or putting their hand in their pocket for a couple of quid.
But is wasn't Stafford Performing Arts Staffordshire Performing Arts. County service not town.
Also some mentioned it most recently county council owned and sold, but the article states it was borough. Anyone know who it was.
People don't care about heritage until it is gone. Most talk a good game but simply don't care if it means getting off their arse or putting their hand in their pocket for a couple of quid.
Gramaisc
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Libraries are County. Presumably they pocketed the cash.
Gramaisc
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The building was donated for use as a library - where the proceeds should have gone is a moot point. Back to Carnegie, possibly.
Same sort of thing as the University selling the County Council-built Polytechnic. Did the County get a return on our investment?
Withnail
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I once sent an email to the Carnegie Foundation in an attempt to clarify the auspices under which it might be bought or sold.
TBF i was completely wasted when i did so, so am not entirely sure whether my missive merited a response that it didn't get.
The question still stands.
Though TBF i'm also a little bit wasted now, so am probably not best placed to re-ask.
TBF i was completely wasted when i did so, so am not entirely sure whether my missive merited a response that it didn't get.
The question still stands.
Though TBF i'm also a little bit wasted now, so am probably not best placed to re-ask.
Goldilox
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Given the time it spent as music services & the fact that the eventual sale fell 99 years after its donation, I would be inclined to speculate that there was a 99 year caveat that if it ceased to be a library it had to be put to educational uses. But it would be interesting to know for certain.
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1JKz
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'...make sure you remember this Friday the 27th April is the AGM all are welcome, plus the Trustees are waiting to greet you all, so please come along. We must all do our bit to help save this wonderful building...'
https://www.facebook.com/friendsoftheoldlibrary/
Look at those innards;
http://staffordoldlibrary.org/about-us/#
https://www.facebook.com/friendsoftheoldlibrary/
Look at those innards;
http://staffordoldlibrary.org/about-us/#
Feed The Goat
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Local family pump thousands into dilapidated historic building to open a restaurant.
It was so familiar that I had to check the date on the front of the paper.
It was so familiar that I had to check the date on the front of the paper.
Gramaisc
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tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
The inside is trashed, lots of work to do 
Thehooperman
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Will they have librarians telling people to sssssshhhhh all the time and will the food be served in alphabetical order or in the order of the country of origin?