Inside Moseley Road Baths - A Guided Tour | Balsall Heath | Birmingham England 2021

Moseley Road Baths, Balsall Heath Birmingham England.
The Moseley Road Baths is one of the most marvellous public swimming pools in the country: Edwardian gem est. c1907, Grade II* listed, now being run by a community trust, and in the process of restoration by a coalition which includes the National Trust, Historic England, Birmingham City Council, and the World Monuments Fund.
The tour - led by Janet Lewis, a member of the Friends of Moseley Road Baths - will take us in the ‘slipper baths’, the laundry room, the boiler room and the magnificent Gala Pool. Source birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/...
Video Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Tour Introduction
2:19 Having a look at the building frontage
5:06 Men's First Class Entrance/the Hall
9:50 Mens Bath tubes
11:35 The Women's Baths
18:40 Back to the First Class area
20:17 The Second Class Pool
24:52 The First Class Pool aka the Gala Pool
30:07 The Boiler Room
39:51 The Laundry Room
It is hard to hear the presentation at the beginning (the 1st three chapters) because of the surrounding noise but it gets better afterwards.
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[@WayneB27]

Last swam in this pool in 1975, back then it was very run down and it wasnt unusual to see large cockroaches scuttling about and floating on the water. To a 16 year old me, it was just a run down part of Birminghams infrastructure that was probably best to avoid if possible. Looking at it via this video today 50 plus years on , I am amazed it has managed to survive and appreciate seeing the restored architecture which obviously represents something special and will never be seen again in future new construction .

[@robertgauder6454]

Many happy hours I spent in these baths. I learnt to swim there back in 1956 and used these baths during my time with the 10th Birmingham Boys Brigade which was located on the other side of the road at Moseley Road Methodist church. We used the second pool on a Friday night, which was great fun as we could use flippers and snorkels. Let me know when another tour is planned I would like see view the old building again.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Hello Robert Gauder, thank you for sharing your childhood memories with us. Here is the website of the Friends of Moseley Rd Baths friendsofmrb.co.uk. If you sign up to their mailing list, you'll receive an email as soon as another tour is planned (this is how I found out about this one). Thanks for watching 🙂

[@Ash-vv7eu]

A Tour of Moseley Road Baths given by the queen, did i enter into a parallel universe? 😂

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Look 😄😅 When I saw Janet I thought "I'm sure I met her before, her face looks familiar". And now that you say that, I'm like "Yes you're right!" She does look like the Queen 😀