The image is of Britain’s first open-air lido and a Georgian one to boot! It’s Cleveland Pools – opened in Bath in 1815 – within a city famous for all its waters. Will this particular piece of living, crumbling history be saved for the future? Or be lost to the past? The Virtual Museum hopes to bring you more on the subject – soon.
Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath.
Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.
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It looks sad and forgotten right now doesn’t it. : (
It looks sad and forgotten right now doesn’t it. : (