tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post956219223635166109..comments2023-11-05T10:59:37.824+00:00Comments on Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Old Swimming BathsMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-58329305449707407342009-03-05T00:14:00.000+00:002009-03-05T00:14:00.000+00:00This makes the old swimming pool that has just clo...This makes the old swimming pool that has just closed here look positively modern and faceless.Jane Hards Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162628972166464736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-77177885747278380122009-03-03T11:26:00.001+00:002009-03-03T11:26:00.001+00:00Thanks for that. Gillian. Slip of the figners, I'm...Thanks for that. Gillian. Slip of the figners, I'm afraid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-35812759715596128012009-03-03T11:03:00.000+00:002009-03-03T11:03:00.000+00:00The local gypsies weren't too pleased when I s...The local gypsies weren't too pleased when I started using the private bathrooms that Martin mentions - peg sales in our street fell through the floor.<BR/><BR/>A shilling (5p) bought you an hotel-style piece of soap and the use of a bath and towel - squeaky clean for a bob.<BR/><BR/>Another faded memory that the photo brings to mind is of a pub - the Bath & Junction (or Junction & Bath?) - not a million miles from that end of the baths. From memory, it was just a terraced house with the ground floor dividing wall knocked through, a bar at the back and a few old sofas to sit on. It mustn't have been a memorable pint though, as I only ever had the one in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-21330727325093517962009-03-03T10:35:00.000+00:002009-03-03T10:35:00.000+00:00Martin,1870 not 1820Martin,<BR/><BR/>1870 not 1820Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-88829060051526729172009-03-03T00:59:00.000+00:002009-03-03T00:59:00.000+00:00Many of us remember the big yellow letters spellin...Many of us remember the big yellow letters spelling "EWS" and an arrow pointing to the Ashton Canal. Them were t'days.Ashtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.com