Males 2nd Class
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Males 2nd Class
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 30 Apr 2014
Segregation in swimming and bathing both by gender and by class was normal procedure at the beginning of the twentieth century. Where an establishment had only one or two pools, segregation would take place by giving each class of user a different day of the week. At Victoria Baths, there were three separate entrances, separate swimming pools and separate wash baths for Males 1st Class, Males 2nd Class and Females. In 1906, it cost 6d to use the 1st Class facilities compared to 4d for the 2nd Class. Each pool had its own entrance with elaborate terracotta carving to indicate which was which.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.459833
Longitude
-2.216386