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The east baths have been significantly remodelled since the last time I visited. It used to be a large, open area underground, inviting you to explore the ruins along the floor. Now, they've hung false walls from the ceiling to give a sense of how the rooms would have looked.
I can remember the beautiful tiles in the entrance. The turn styles throught which you entered. To the left were baths. I assume now thta the workers could go to wash after a day down mine or coal working on harbour. The cahnging rooms were little boxes like you see on the seaside and the watching balcony was above. Spent most of my Childhood swimming in here. Recently been a night club and soon to be demolished!
In the hot baths section of Calder Street Baths. One area for men and another for ladies. Ceiling paintwork peeling off.
Pictures from the long abandoned Public baths in Blackrock, Dublin. Once a popular summer spot the baths are now in a state of decay and plans for there demolition have been discussed.
Mud baths heated by the volcano - splendid. And one's skin feels as soft as a very soft thing afterwards. Just watch out for those hot bubbles. And the smell.
The Roman Bath, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The house is a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing. The first shrine at the site of the hot springs was built by Celts and was dedicated to the goddess Sulis, whom the Romans identified with Minerva.
The temple was constructed in 60–70 AD and the bathing complex was gradually built up over the next 300 years. During the Roman occupation of Britain, and possibly on the instructions of Emperor Claudius.
Note: Poster image near a business outlet. The Great Bath and Bath Abbey in the background, Bath, England.
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The Scunthorpe Municipal Swimming and Slipper Baths was opened in Doncaster Road on 24th March 1932. It was designed by Mr. W Farrar, the council’s engineer and surveyor and built by Barton-Upon-Humber’s Henry Ashton of red brick.
Each Autumn the diving boards were dismantled and the changing rooms folded back whilst over 85,000 gallons of water was drained from the main pool, workmen then set about using 40 tons of timber for the installation of a temporary floor ready for the winter dance season.
Over the years The Baths Hall has played host to a plethora of names including; The Who, Manfred Mann, The Pogues,The Animals, Bad Manners, The Moody Blues, Lulu, Slade, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Ocean Colour Scene, The Nolans and latterly perennial favourites The Rumble Band. For many years from the early 1980’s The Baths Hall hosted The Scunthorpe Rock Open and over the years thousands of people have attended events like this as well as music festivals, beer festivals and dance festivals. The late radio 1 DJ John Peel rated The Baths Hall as his favourite venue. Many of the areas company’s have also held Christmas parties and various other functions there in the past.
The Baths Hall being prepared for a Shakespeare production
The Baths Hall being prepared for a Shakespeare production
In 1983 Councillor Bob Bath pulled the plug on The Baths Hall, the new Leisure Center had opened in Carlton Street and The Baths Hall pools were drained for the last time. This signalled the start of a refurbishment programe to turn the building into an entertainment venue. It would run like this until 2004 when a new local authority administration closed The Baths Hall as part of a cost cutting measure and rationalisation move.
The Baths Hall was given a temporary reprieve in 2005 when a private sector company lead by Ian Charles took out the lease hold on The Baths but within a year had handed the keys back after not receiving assurances from the local authority about the future of the building. It was known the land that The Baths Hall and neighbouring Youth Centre had been built on was the site of the former Scunthorpe Gas Works and that the land beneath was contaminated.
The Baths Hall and the neighbouring Youth Center were demolished in 2008 with the election pledge by North Lincolnshire Councils Labour Group to rebuild an entertainment venue with something for everyone. Despite many wranglings and political points scoring between the local Tory and Labour groups and opposition from the nearby supermarket Sainsbury’s it was passed that a new Baths Hall would be built incorporating the original 1930s frontage of the old Baths Hall.
Work got under-way to build the new Baths Hall in April 2010 by local company Clugston Construction, the work was complete by the second half of 2011 with the opening date of 11th November which closely coincided with the 75th anniversary of the creation of the borough town of Scunthorpe.