sylviasayers
master brummie
Not sure if this is the right place, but The Nechells Regeneration Project is competing for Best Heritage Project. To register your vote log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards. This is for a £2,000.00 grant.
I used to go to this baths with the school. I remember the hairdryers that were fixed to the wall, green with a hose arm to dry your hair. An absolute must for us girls in the 60s. If the teacher thought we'd be late back to school you had to let your hair dry naturally. Then you looked like you'd been dragged through a hedge backwards. We used to have a school bus to take us there which is a bit odd now I think about it as the school was in Erdington but we always went to Nechells Baths rather than Erdington. We used to take our Trampete, a little trampoline, for practicing diving from the side. And also those black bricks that you had to dive down to in the deep end to recover. Don't remember any diving boards there, but I could be wrong. Looking forward to the picS Lyn.
Here's a bit of background history from Wikipedia. Viv.
"Nechells Baths on Nechells Park Road is a Grade II listed building. Plans for baths to be constructed in the Nechells ward came about in 1900 when representatives from the ward pressured the council into providing public baths for the ward. However, the Birmingham Baths Committee were already committed to other projects in the city and were unable to immediately attend the matter.
In 1903, a site at the corner of Nechells Park Road and Aston Church Road was acquired and in 1908, approval was given for the construction of baths on the site. Construction commenced that year and the baths were opened June 22, 1910. Facilities provided included a large swimming bath with a spectators' gallery and suites of private baths for men and women. The baths were immediately popular among the locals.
Refurbishment work to the baths was completed in May 2007 by Welconstruct. It cost £5.5 million, with funding from Advantage West Midlands, the Heritage Lottery Fund and ERDF".
Good luck on getting in the towers and I'll look forward to seeing your photos, I'll be passing there about 10 past 2 so I might spot you lol.
it would be good to see that pass viv if you can find it...