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Pool area of M Gallery Phoenix Hotel in Yogyakarta....
Handheld shot, using the Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6 DG EX HSM
20160717 American Foreign Academic Research and Davidson Day School. Belize - Summer 2016. AFAR marks it's eleventh season to excavate at the Classic Maya site of Cahal Pech in Western Belize.
© Laura Mueller
Some fellow guests organised a pool party one afternoon and evening - great fun. Most people were in Goa/India for far longer than us.
Our apartment complex had a pool party for dogs today - "Doggy Splash Day" - so Ouzo and I were not going to miss this :)
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Images from the now closed swimming pool in Harpurhey Manchester.
Here's a little history.
The decline and closure of Harpurhey Baths
It was not really until after the First World War that bathing became a habit. By that time most of the houses being built had their own bathrooms where baths could be taken in ease and comfort. This improvement in housing meant that public facilities were no longer required for sanitary purposes. Similarly, relative cheapness and availability of domestic appliances meant that laundries also fell into decline. Manchester City Council closed all its laundries in the early 1980s.
Harpurhey Baths finally closed completely in 2001 after serious defects were discovered in the building’s walls and machinery. Cracks in the baths’ walls that had previously been repaired had widened beyond repair and some of the walls were bowing. There were also problems with the baths’ steam boilers and the drainage system. The North City Family and Fitness Centre, incorporating a 25 metre swimming pool, was due to open 18 months later nearby on Moston Lane, making running repairs to the baths, which would have cost £3m, unfeasible.