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Interior photo. A series of display stands leading from the floor upwards. Standing to well over five feet tall. Display boards attached to the stands. Chiefly textual information with a small image on each board. Text on the large wall behind the exhibition stands directing to the Children’s and Music libraries and Book Browse.

Interior photo. A series of display stands leading from the floor upwards. Standing to well over five feet tall. Display boards attached to the stands. Chiefly textual information with a small image on each board. Text on the large wall behind the exhibition stands directing to the Children’s and Music libraries and Book Browse.

There’s still time to catch the #JohnBaskerville exhibition in the library foyer before it closes Thursday. The exhibition coincides with the 250th anniversary of Baskerville’s death and presents the man, his typeface, books and legacy #LibraryofBham ‪@typetweets.bsky.social‬ #BaskervilleSoc

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John Baskerville (1706-1775), British businessman

John Baskerville (1706-1775), British businessman

Died #otd John Baskerville (1706-1775), British businessman, 250 years ago today #JohnBaskerville www.outlived.org/person/john-baskerville-37644

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Cemeteries | Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane cemeteries | England The Friends look after Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter. They restore graves, care for the cemeteries themselves, organise guided tours and help people...

John Baskerville has never rested in a plot in Warstone Lane cemetery his remains were removed from Christchurch into the semi-circular catacombs in Warstone Lane cemetery.
www.fkwc.org events are at the top of the page.
#RaisingFundsforRestoration
#JohnBaskerville

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