Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea

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iBase ID

231531

Reference identifier

NST23072010002

Title

Open Air Baths, St Annes on Sea

Place

St Annes on Sea

Personal names

William Wakefield, John Wakefield

General notes

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.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Sepia

Original image size

13x9cm

Year of image

1934

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Locator

771

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