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CTMilller
I remember it well at the Old Baths. You used to pass it on your right after paying. I was a regular for the Saturday sessions in the late fifties. The chlorine level in the water would not be allowed today but probably necessary then given general hygiene standards. I also remember the mysterious "slipper baths" (price 4d) which I never saw anybody use...
The New Baths always seemed a bit luxurious to me. We went there every week form primary school but it always seemed a bit impersonal. They were built in 1937 and opened to celebrate the coronation of George V1. (I have a "Rotherham Coronation Special" magazine somewhere in my archives with a picture of it on the day it was opened.) I went back to have a look at the New Baths a few years ago shortly before it was due for demolition and was so pleased to see the Burgess statue mounted in the front lobby. I gave it a sentimental polish...I was also amazed at how small the pool area there had become after fifty odd years!
I also saw the Burgess statue on my last visit in November last year in its latest home at the Clifton Park Museum. Again a sentimental nose polish - that's more than sixty years of acquaintance!
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