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PRO (Public Record Office) documents are at The National Archives, Kew.

TNA: PRO: BT31 2904/16153 All unfootnoted information is taken from this file.

In September 1881,

A private meeting of the supporters of the scheme for converting the premises in Grange-road, at present occupied by Mr Robertson as Turkish baths, was held at the office of Mr J R Stubbs, on Monday afternoon. The scheme embraces the construction of a swimming bath 54ft x 22ft and is meant to supply the universally acknowledged want of such a convenience in the town. The meeting unanimously agreed to support the scheme, and a limited company, with a capital of £2,500, divided into 500 shares of £5 each, will at once be registered to carry the scheme into effect.

Although a local newspaper reported this, and the company was given a registration number, nothing further seems to have happened. The following year Mr Robertson sold the baths to John Holman and they remained under private ownership.

This page last updated 11 February 2023