Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea

Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea
Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea
Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea
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Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea
St Annes on Sea
William Wakefield, John Wakefield
Image shows William Wakefield (in three piece suit) and John Wakefield. The Wakefields were originally from Yorkshire and moved to Warton (Fylde) in1929.

Alternatively known as The Roman Baths, the swimming pool was opened in 1916 and had closed down in the mid-1980s. It was often used as a venue for bathing beauty competitions in the 1950s.

"Open-air swimming bath, St Annes, is a fine open air filtered sea-water bath, open in 1916 from a design by Fred Harrison of Accrington. The bath is 80 yards long by 40 yards wide....."

From Barrett's Directory of Blackpool and the Fylde 1929.
Photographic print
Sepia
13x9cm
1934
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