victoria baths, manchester. april 09

This was an organized visit to the baths in Manchester where you get to see how its been restored using lottery funding. and it is well worth a visit here! its was opened in 1906 it was built for £39,000 it would normally cost £20,000 to build a swimming baths in those days!

from the street outside!


male 1st class changing rooms and pool

pump house round the back of the building

boilers!

one of the stained glass windows at the front of the building, i liked the way the colour was projected on to the floor!

male 1st class pool for the balcony

here is a link to the web site for the baths:- http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/index.html

they do guided tours most weekends