About Balsall Heath
Balsall Heath is a working class, inner-city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It has a diverse cultural mix of people and is the location of the Balti Triangle.
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Moseley Road baths: Swimming pool scaffolding down after 17 years
Repair work on the Gala Pool following the work of a partnership, including the community groups
A historic Swimming Pool can be seen without Scaffolding for the First Time in almost two decades, according to the expensive roof repairs were completed.
Moseley Road baths, which first opened in 1907, is the oldest in the UK, five Grade II* listed swimming pools.
the attachment of the roof construction at the Birmingham baths cost More Than £800,000.
The Gala Pool area is as an art-place, while his long-term future, said Historical England. A second pool is to be used for bathing.
roof repairs in the Gala pool area, pictured in 2016, will cost More Than £800,000The repairs, which were completed over the Gala Pool in Balsall Heath following a partnership with social groups and other organizations.
Historical England approved a grant of More Than £700,000 and the client, Birmingham City Council, then he has 100,000 pounds.
The pool in Balsall Heath date from the early 20Th CenturyWith the roof repairs completed, the work can, instead of restoring other parts of the Gala Pool infrastructure, including The Balcony area, in addition to the ongoing repair and maintenance work elsewhere in The Building .
Now the weather is, it, events and fundraising could take place in the activities, while a permanent use, and additional funds were sought.
they were the only baths in the country, built to swim before 1914, continuously hosted since they opened, Historical Englandsaid, you are the only spas in the country, built before 1914, continuously hosted a swim since it opened, said the Historic England
there were originally three entrances Moseley Road baths breakdown of the visitors to the men of The First or second class wash baths and swimming pools, with a third entrance for The Women to wash bathrooms.
It was several years before women were allowed to swim and the pools were then separated, with the men's and women's Side .
A picture of Laundry drying racks on Moseley Road baths, which are taken before the roof work.When it is opened, the water in the pools was not heated and the pool was on Board during the winter and used for dances, concerts and clubs.
Rare equipment are still intact, including a nearly complete set of 46 private washrooms.
The washing baths, or "slipper baths", as they were known, were still in use until October 2004.
Moseley Road baths are grade II* facilities that the displace in 1914, is still Open for swimmingMoseley Road baths were on the organization's Heritage At Risk register since 2005. listed
The Site of the small pool remains Open .
Scaffolding on the Gala Swimming Pool during The RestorationAfter he was under threat of closure for many years, residents in Moseley have come together to save a campaign group, the pool.
In 2017, setting up Moseley Road baths Charitable Incorporated Organisation, which runs The Baths , and is occupied in part by a community of volunteers.
An animation celebrates The Baths are now displayed on the Website from the 5. In March, after which the community was involved in creating it.
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