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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.
Here is a swimming pool cake I made for my daughter's End of the Year Pool Party at her school.
The shallow end is a 12" yellow cake and the deep end is a 14" chocolate cake. Both are butter creamed and covered with MMF.
A swimming pool themed birthday cake for a 40th Birthday. I was asked to design a cake showing the birthday girl and her family enjoying a swim!
This is an 8" chocolate 'mud' cake, filled with homemade chocolate ganache.
The figures are hand modelled from fondant icing, 100% edible.
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