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Kingstanding Swimming Baths

That’s the one I was thinking of ASparks. The Welfare Centre was a 1930s building. My mum took us there for the usual free orange juice, etc. Viv.
 
Great find Mort and a lovely drawing OM. Brings back memories. The balconies above the entrance doors was where the cafe was. Then the opposite side of the cafe looked over the baby pool. Viv.
 
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Yes Mort I guess leisure centres became the thing. Crazy really because if we wanted to train Olympic candidates, the 1930s pool would surely have been more suited to that ? As Eric says, a perfectly sound building and fit for purpose ie learning to swim and training future sports men and women. Viv.
 
After the baths had closed, I was walking past it with my my wife and children to visit family not far from the baths, all the doors were wide open and all the kids were running in and out, I went into see who was about and no one was there, they had either forgot to lock the place up or someone had broke in, I was worried in case one of the younger kiddies might fall into the pool, so I had to call the police to either find the key holder or get it boarded up, when the police arrived I carried on to my aunts house, that was the only time I ever went in there
 
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