Page last updated 1/27/2005
Page last updated 1/27/2005
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Page last updated 1/27/2005
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February 15th, Messrs Bagnall Bros., of Wakefield started building Drury Lane Library. From the 1901 census we know that at this time, Harry would be ~19 - Stonemason, George ~25 - Bricklayer, William 30 - Bricklayer, so any from these three could comprise Messrs Bagnall Bros. Since the name is "Bagnall Bros." we might assume that John Bagnall was either retired or had handed the running of the company to his son's, or was never involved in the family business? Anecdotal evidence seems to back up the fact that it was William and George who were Messrs Bagnall Bros., of Wakefield This press cutting describes how the library came to be and is also the source of the reference to "Messrs Bagnall Bros." |
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Here are a few photographs of the library from 2003.