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Chewy
06-04-2009, 01:38 AM
Visited here with a few from Northwest Exploration :cool:

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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full set of my pics here (http://chewy.cc/victoriabaths) ;)

Blober
06-04-2009, 03:14 AM
Excellent photos!:thumb

Muse
06-04-2009, 07:41 AM
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.

Chewy
06-04-2009, 07:54 AM
Thanks Guys :)

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

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

boxfrenzy
06-04-2009, 08:35 AM
That looks great mate. I like these pictures too. Good work mate. :thumb

converse1
06-04-2009, 09:03 AM
I like this place, very nice :)

jb28
06-04-2009, 09:18 AM
What a great place, and amazing that it's not been chavved.

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

Chewy
06-04-2009, 09:36 AM
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 :D ) and clone them out of a couple of pics :D

magooČ
06-04-2009, 05:02 PM
Nice one chewy:thumb

skin
07-04-2009, 07:39 AM
Superb pics mate

BB
07-04-2009, 12:56 PM
Great pics Mr Chewy :D

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Dr.Doo
07-04-2009, 03:12 PM
great pics Chewy...a grand day out, I bet ya'll had a fantastic time........I was going to go until I found out I could meet some of the reprobates from here on the same day. ;)

BA
07-04-2009, 04:23 PM
Great pics Chew :) :thumb

Rochester
07-04-2009, 08:58 PM
Love this place Chewy, well captured...

hayabusa
07-04-2009, 10:49 PM
great pics as usual chewy

Chewy
08-04-2009, 08:53 AM
Thanks Everyone :)

highly recommended if in the area (on a tour date).
the guide gives an interesting talk and shows old pics of the areas you're in.

Shame you couldn't go Doo's :(
i was going to try and get to both, but would be walking home from Leeds for the next day or two :D

scrappy
09-04-2009, 11:18 AM
it was a good day, as you say well worth a visit! i wont start a new thread, just chuck a few on here if its ok chewy

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Chewy
09-04-2009, 11:52 AM
Great pics Scrappy :)
nice to meet you, to meet you... nice :D

scrappy
09-04-2009, 12:17 PM
same here mate, always good to put faces to names!

boxfrenzy
09-04-2009, 12:19 PM
Great pictures too. I like the stained glasss window :thumb

Goldie87
14-04-2009, 09:38 PM
A really nice building and cool pics :thumb