August 2008 news
Health Hydro, Swindon
Wednesday 27 August 2008: What an amazing thing the Swindon Health Hydro is. And it's a hidden gem: passing it on Faringdon Road you get no sense that the building is open, and it looks more like a railway works than a swimming baths.
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Fundraising drive begins for Preston’s grandest church
Friday 22 August 2008: A fundraising drive for one of Lancashire's most significant Roman Catholic churches kicks off this weekend in an effort to secure the future of the building which is threatened with closure under Lancaster Diocese's plans.
Eleventh hour listing for Forest Hill’s industrial school
Thursday 21 August 2008: News that English Heritage has listed a threatened former girls' school on Dartmouth Road as a building of national significance has been welcomed by the Victorian Society, the national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian historic environment.
St Luke’s pool, Brighton
Tuesday 19 August 2008: Many schools in the early 20th century had their own swimming pools, but this is the first one I've been in. The poor physical state of the nation's young men signing up to join the Boer War had come as a shock, and so healthy exercise was encouraged.
Manningham baths, Bradford
Wednesday 6 August 2008: This is the most exceptional of the baths I have visted so far. Not because it has elaborate decoration, stained glass and very high quality finishes. It doesn't.
Queensbury pool, Bradford
Tuesday 5 August 2008: Like much else in Queensbury, the baths were given by the local mill owners, the Foster family, whose firm is very much in business still today.
Batley baths
Monday 4 August 2008: Batley is a beautiful town and Batley baths, designed by local architect Walter Hanstock, are a most suitable adornment to it.
