Crewe Corporation Public Swimming Baths
Crewe Corporation Public Swimming Baths (often referred to as Flag Lane Baths) was opened in 1937 at a cost of £34,090 and replaced an older bath house which had served the town since 1866. The baths were formally opened on 6th November by the Mayor Frank Bott and such was the local excitement on the day the road was closed and police had to control the eager crowds!
The baths eventually closed in 2016, replaced by some awful looking ‘lifestyle centre’ in another other part of town.
Nice largely unmodernised foyer
Changing cubicles, lockers, showers
Up on the balcony
Few from the lower levels, original belt driven laundry equipment still in situ and filter tanks, etc
Crewe Corporation Public Swimming Baths (often referred to as Flag Lane Baths) was opened in 1937 at a cost of £34,090 and replaced an older bath house which had served the town since 1866. The baths were formally opened on 6th November by the Mayor Frank Bott and such was the local excitement on the day the road was closed and police had to control the eager crowds!
The baths eventually closed in 2016, replaced by some awful looking ‘lifestyle centre’ in another other part of town.
Nice largely unmodernised foyer
Changing cubicles, lockers, showers
Up on the balcony
Few from the lower levels, original belt driven laundry equipment still in situ and filter tanks, etc
Recently the council have approved plans to convert the baths into a ‘community hub’ by way of a crowdfunding campaign set up by charitable group Always Ahead, which is good to hear as demolition was on the cards for quite some time if I remember correctly.
