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  • The building was officially opened in 1895. The ground floor housed a library, newspaper room, magazine room, recreation room, billiard room and committee rooms. The room above was used for concerts, bazaars and political meetings.
Blaenavon Workmen's Hall and Institute
  • The front page of a rather worn leaflet issued in 1900 by the Llanidloes Workingmen's Institute and Library, which was established in the town in 1871. This names those holding official posts connected with the Institute, which was housed in the upper floor of the Old Market Hall from 1897 until 1908.
Llanidloes Workingmen's Institute leaflet, 1900, front page
  • The Old Market Hall in Llanidloes on a postcard from the early 1900s, when the upper storey housed the Workingmen's Institute and Library. The Institute, including a lending library of 1,600 books, was based there from 1897 to 1908. The ancient building is a rare survivor of a type of structure once found in the centre of most market towns.
Market Hall, Llanidloes, c. 1903
  • The Old Market Hall in Llanidloes on a postcard from the early 1900s, when the upper storey housed the Workingmen's Institute and Library. The Institute, including a lending library of 1,600 books, was based there from 1897 to 1908. The ancient building is a rare survivor of a type of structure once found in the centre of most market towns.
Market Hall, Llanidloes, c. 1904
  • The Barmouth Sailors' Institute was erected in 1890 and is a rare surviving example of its kind. Institutes of this type were once very common in coastal communities throughout the British Isles. They were important meeting places for sailors and their families and served both a social and educational need. In addition to the Billiard Room, the Institute houses a fine Victorian Reading Room which remains very much as it was when built.
Billiard Room, Barmouth Sailors' Institute
  • The Barmouth Sailors' Institute was erected in 1890 and is a rare surviving example of its kind. Institutes of this type were once very common in coastal communities throughout the British Isles. They were important meeting places for sailors and their families and served both a social and educational need. In addition to the fine Victorian Reading Room which remains very much as it was when built, the Institute houses a Billiard Room which is still used today.
The Reading Room, Barmouth Sailors' Institute