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    Arrow Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09



    Visited here with a few from Northwest Exploration

    The Victoria Baths, near Longsight in Manchester, were designed as a prestigious baths complex by Manchester's first City Architect, Henry Price, and opened by Manchester Corporation in 1906.
    In their design and construction no expense was spared.
    The facade has multi-coloured brickwork and teracotta decoration, the main interior public spaces are clad in glazed tiles from floor to ceiling and most of the many windows have decorative stained glass.
    For 86 years the Victoria Baths provided both essential and leisure facilities.
    Private baths and a laundry were housed there along with three swimming pools and the Turkish Baths.
    The main swimming pool was floored over in the winter months to hold dances.
    In 1952 the Victoria Baths installed the first public Aeratone (jacuzzi) in the country. The Victoria Baths was closed in 1993.
    The building is now in very poor repair and yet remarkably intact with most of the stained glass and original tiling remaining.
    the Victoria Baths is listed grade II* on the List of Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest.





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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    Excellent photos!

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    Excellent stuff Chewy.

    It's great to see a building like this being preserved, I just hope they don't go over the top with the whole tourist attraction thing. I hate the disneyfication of historic buildings.

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    Thanks Guys

    i thought aloong the same lines TC, but couldn't think of a title, but yeah.. Flash Gordon fits perfectly

    Things seem to be under control at the moment Muse
    would be nice if the pool that is boarded over wasn't.. 2/3 isn't bad though

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    That looks great mate. I like these pictures too. Good work mate.

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    I like this place, very nice

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    What a great place, and amazing that it's not been chavved.

    I love buildings with clocks, hate to see them stopped though

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    Thanks all

    perhaps i should've put this in "Heritage Sites" with it being cared for and open to the public.
    had to dodge the cleaning women (one nearly caught me naked ) and clone them out of a couple of pics

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    Nice one chewy
    Actually danger in my maiden name...

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    Default Re: Victoria Baths, Manchester - April 09

    Superb pics mate
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