Date:1940 - 1959 (c.)
Description:Mayor and Mayoress Knowles welcoming Cathy Gibson, the Olympic swimmer, who was using the swimming baths for training. Also pictured is Harry Roskie and some of the swimming bath staff. The swimming baths were built in 1906 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII. They have been improved on a number of occassions and were called the Jubilee swimming baths in 2002.
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This photograph shows a view of the Memorial Baths. The swimming baths were built in 1906 to commemorate ...
This photograph was taken after the alterations of 1921. The swimming baths have been altered on a number ...
This photograph was taken at the opening of the baths after retiling by Norman Wainwright. The Mayor, ...
Mayor and Mayoress Knowles welcoming Cathey Gibson, the Olympic swimmer, who was using the swimming ...
The swimming baths have been improved on a number of occassions and looked little like this photograph ...
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Donor ref:PA1959 (22/4472)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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