Moseley Road Baths, The First Class pool

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Date:1910 - 1930 (c.)

Description:Elizabeth McKeon remembers going here for a bath. "We went to the Moseley Road Baths across from the Arts school, for a bath ready to dress up and go out at the weekend. The attendants would fill the bath to half way with scalding hot water; we would spend most of our allotted time adding cold water to make our bath bearable".

The Baths had two pools and one remains open. In the winter months boards were put across the pools for dances and entertainment. Comedian Sid Field made one of his earliest stage appearances here.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1870s
Moseley Road Methodist Church, Lime Grove on Moseley Road
Moseley Road Methodist Church, Lime Grove on Moseley Road

This church was an off-shoot of the Cherry Street chapel in Birmingham founded in ...

1900s
Moseley School of Art
Moseley School of Art

The School of Art, Moseley Road, designed by W.H. Bidlake. This elegant building ...

1940s
Moseley Road Methodist Church
Moseley Road Methodist Church

The foundation stone for the rebuilt Methodist Church was laid in 1949 by Mrs Minnie ...

1970s
Balsall Heath Library
Balsall Heath Library

An exterior shot of Balsall Heath Library, Moseley Road during the Seventies.

2000s
Balsall Heath Library
Balsall Heath Library

The bright and welcoming library interior 2000

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Image courtesy of: Balsall Heath Local History Society

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Source: Balsall Heath Local History Society

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