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In with the bricks

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 ~ wcjess ~ Leave a comment

After a chance conversation with friends in the Construction History Society, we decided to have a look at where the bricks that built the Baths come from.

Meet the 84-year-old that keeps our pool water clean

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 ~ Arlington Baths Club History Group ~ Leave a comment

We take clean swimming pool water for granted nowadays. But the current sand filtration system was only introduced to the Club in the summer of 1934. How does it work? This film explains.

Ernest Perry: A First World War soldier

May 22, 2018November 8, 2020 ~ Arlington Baths Club History Group ~ Leave a comment

The Arlington Baths Club is marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War by finding out more about the men commemorated on our war memorial. Here is what we’ve discovered about Ernest Perry.

The original building

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 ~ wcjess ~ 2 Comments

Our original building was constructed by John Burnet and opened on August 1st 1871. Here we 'reconstruct' what it must have looked like.

The Arlington Baths in the First World War

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

This year we'll be focusing on a project to discover more about the Baths during the First World War to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the War.

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