"When the baths were first threatened with closure there were protests in the council chamber by bubble blowing bathers dressed in turbans and towels…"
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PRO: BT31 2204/10361
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'Sheffield: new Turkish baths'
Building News (23 Nov 1877) p.524
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White's directory of Sheffield
1876
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White's directory of Sheffield 1876
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Kelly's directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire
1876
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'Sheffield: new Turkish baths'
Building News (23 Nov 1877) p.524
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Ground floor plan of new swimming bath for the Sheffield Bath Co Ltd by Edward M Gibbs, Architect, 1876
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Statistics in this section are taken from Appendix I of:
Report on public baths and wash-houses in the United Kingdom / Agnes Campbell. — Edinburgh : Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1918
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[Glossop Road Turkish Baths]
Sheffield Star (22 Oct 1986)
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'Turkish bath to steam on' / Sue Heseltine Sheffield Star
(11 Jan 1990)
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For Sale: Glossop Road Baths. — Sheffield : City Council Property Services, 1992. — p.4
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[Glossop Road Turkish Baths] / Stephen McClarence
Sheffield Star (28 Mar 1991)
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[Glossop Road Turkish Baths] / Peter Kay Sheffield Telegraph
(2 Aug 1991)
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From a paper on the history of the building, UDC/GRH/MCLAAO, prepared in the Sheffield Department of Land and Planning and completed on 26 June 1990.