Nottingham Council House during the Platinum Jubilee

Online jigsaw puzzles

Enjoy some quiet time with a jigsaw or two

Try something different with these free online jigsaw puzzles, inspired by the collections held by the Local Studies Library.

You can play as they are or why not change the number of pieces to increase the level of difficulty and the challenge!

Keep coming back as new ones will be created regularly.

Byron

‘Byron 200’

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron in Greece in 1824. We’ll be commemorating this over the next few weeks and our first image is this lovely print from our collection which shows the young Byron with his favourite pet dog, c.1796.

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2024.03.29 St. Peter’s Church interior, 1925 NTGM009989

St. Peter’s Church c.1925

A quiet spot away from the hustle and bustle of the shops, medieval St. Peter’s Church on St. Peter’s Gate was rebuilt from around 1180 onwards after the original church was destroyed by fire in the mid C12th. It is believed to the oldest building in Nottingham still in continuous use.

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2024.03.15 Printer’s Display Book c.1895

Printing adornments specimen book c.1895

From our rare book collection, this highly-decorative and beautiful spring-like image is taken from the cover of a catalogue showcasing the many fonts, adornments and embellishments available from this local printer on Houndsgate c.1895.

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2024.03.01 Nottingham Postwoman in WWII S94 DP000190

International Women’s Day 2024

We celebrate IWD on Friday 8th March with this photograph of an unknown Nottingham postwoman on her rounds. Women were vital to many occupations continuing throughout the war, including breaking into what had been traditionally ‘men’s roles’.

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