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The David France Collection is a collection of football memorabilia, consisting of more than 10,000 items related to the birth and development of Everton Football Club in Liverpool, England.
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Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library
The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library is a Grade II* listed building on William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, which now forms part of the Liverpool Central Library.
The chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum, Sir James Picton, laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK. It was completed in 1879 formally opened by the Mayor of Liverpool, Sir Thomas Bland Royden. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style.
Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
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Central (Liverpool ward)
Central was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency.
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Liverpool Central Library
Liverpool Central Library is the largest of the 22 libraries in Liverpool, England, situated in the centre of the city.
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Liverpool and Merseyside Record Offices
Liverpool Record Office and Merseyside Record Office hold the archives for the city of Liverpool, and the rest of Merseyside. The archives are held at the Liverpool Central Library, and are run by Liverpool City Council.