Massive news today from down here at Love Withington Baths, the community charity we set up to save and then run the last working, water-filled Edwardian baths in Manchester, and probably one of the few left in the country! We've been running the Baths for a year come 20th June and during that time, on... Continue Reading →
Blackberry Picking Memories & Cocktails For Heritage Open Days 2015
Blackberry picking is absolutely one of my most favourite things to do in the whole world. Despite the stickiness from all the oozing purple juices, sweatiness from covering up in August and scratchiness from all the prickles, it takes me right back to being a child with nothing else to focus on but getting a pile... Continue Reading →
Sweet Hot Chocolate, Perfect Bean Coffee & Happy Swimming Memories
I remember as a school kid going to Belper Street Baths in Blackburn, getting showered and changed as quickly as we could, then racing up the changing room corridor clutching soggy towels to the poolside cafeteria for treats and drinks after our school swim. If you didn't get there fast, all the best stuff like the... Continue Reading →
Thumbs Up For Our Ideal Mats Bespoke Mat!
Just thought I'd share with you details for a great company we used at Love Withington Baths this week - super efficient, super friendly and super fast! After uncovering some gorgeous original tiles in the foyer of our Edwardian pool, we were worried about slippy feet in the rain so one of our colleagues did... Continue Reading →
Pixel Power & Super Stripes In Withington Baths Gym
I love our new gym! Don't get me wrong, we haven't suddenly turned the entire interior of Moregeous Mansions into a training camp, it's just a *little* thing which has been distracting me from our home renovation these past few weeks 🙂 Withington Baths, after our two year campaign, much planning & hard work is... Continue Reading →
Baths News: Community Takeover Imminent!
Regular readers will know all about Withington Baths and our local campaign to keep this beautiful Edwardian building in Manchester open after the council threatened closure in early 2013 to open a new facility on a dual carriage way some distance away. I'm totally against community facilities being taken out of communities and plonked somewhere... Continue Reading →
A fantastic result for our Love Withington Baths campaign
It's crazy to feel guilty for not writing a post for two weeks but blogging is a little like eating Pringles. Once you pop you just can't stop, and when you do stop for whatever reason, you feel a nagging, niggling urge to start again. Between getting on with rebuilding Moregeous Mansions, having tenants in... Continue Reading →