The Picture Palace was a 900-seat cinema that opened on November 17, 1920, at the junction of Dallow Street and Horninglow Road, the Derby Turn…
The Electric Theatre, generally known as simply ‘The Electric’, in High Street, was purpose-built on the site of the Empire Tea Store with its 750…
The Picturedrome opened in 1913. It was situated in Curzon Street, adjacent to the Railway Station. Like other cinemas to follow, the cinema was established…
The Ritz Cinema was built in 1935. It was, commissioned by Orton & Spooner, a company based in Burton which earlier in the century had made…
The first recorded Burton postmark was in 1722 although the nearest sorting office was in Lichfield. Burton would not get its own until Post Office…
The first recorded Burton postmark was 8th October 1722. It arrived at its destination in London two days later. The postage cost, based on mileage,…
There was at the time of course, a much stronger relationship between the postal and telephone services. The first public telephone service available in Burton…
The first Permanent Library, at a property owned by Mr. R. R. Bellamy in Bridge street, was opened in 1838. It was supported by a…
A number of requests Burton baths Swimming In 1870 comprised of a public shed on Ox Hay for the use of swimmers in the river…