The West Bowling District Baths,
Manchester Road, Bradford
< Photo: West Bowling
Baths, courtesy Bradford Local Studies Library
The Manchester Road Baths, later known as the West Bowling District Baths, were opened in 1887 while John Howarth was still Bradford's Baths Superintendent. 1
Although the facility was originally built without Turkish baths, it seems inconceivable that Howarth didn't specify them—more likely that the Council cut back on expenditure. However, they were added at a later, currently unknown, date.
Susan Caton, Central Library, Bradford Dept of Arts, Heritage & Leisure, for help with
information about Bradford's baths.
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
Urquhart and the London Hammam. Part 3: the class barrier
The Turkish bath as a facility
Heritaging the Victorian Turkish bath: creating a saleable asset
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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