The Library, School Road, Bulkington, 1975

Image: © John Brightley Taken: Unknown

I apologise for the quality of this photograph, but it was one of my first photos, and it was taken on a Polaroid camera. I just managed to capture the demolition of the old Bulkington library before it was reduced to a pile of bricks. The moulded lettering on the gable end informs us that it was built as council offices in 1908. The entrance to the building was through the blue door that you see in the centre of the building. This led to a small lobby, from which the library was in the room to the right, lit by the 3 large windows. I remember it being a very cold building, heated only by a large cast iron stove. This building was demolished, along with the cottage next door to the right, to make way for the present library on the same site.

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