Please help save our swimming baths Warrenpoint Ireland
Former Member
Hi , Kevin Gallagher here from Warrenpoint a small town in Ireland . A group of us here are trying to save our swimming baths which are 100 years old this year .We have an online petition and would be grateful if you and your members could support us . We are emailing as many swimming clubs in the world for their help and I hope your forum can ,thanking you for your time from all our group .
The site address is www.warrenpointpost.co.uk
Kevin Gallagher ...SAVE OUR BATHS ACTION GROUP..............
Parents
Former Member
kevin--
I will happily sign your petition. It would probably help if you explained to us here in the US what exactly a "swimming bath" is.
The pool at my local YMCA is often so hot that it feels like a "swimming bath"--but I don't think that's you mean by the term.
Here in the US, bath generally refers to a tub of sorts into which one inserts a body or two in need of de-griming. If we were heard to invite a comely teammate to, for instance, "join me in the swimming bath," it might not go over too well with our spouses.
I swam in the Sherbrook Public Bath in Winnepeg a few years ago and it was very definitely a swimming pool. Built in the 1930's, with real marble mosaic instead of tile, and huge "sunflower" shower heads downstairs in the shower room. Really quaint and funky.
I think pools were called "baths" many decades ago because not all houses had indoor plumbing and it was a way to encourage people to get clean at least once a week. One hopes they were encouraged to shower before getting in. Otherwise the water would have been pretty opaque.
kevin--
I will happily sign your petition. It would probably help if you explained to us here in the US what exactly a "swimming bath" is.
The pool at my local YMCA is often so hot that it feels like a "swimming bath"--but I don't think that's you mean by the term.
Here in the US, bath generally refers to a tub of sorts into which one inserts a body or two in need of de-griming. If we were heard to invite a comely teammate to, for instance, "join me in the swimming bath," it might not go over too well with our spouses.
I swam in the Sherbrook Public Bath in Winnepeg a few years ago and it was very definitely a swimming pool. Built in the 1930's, with real marble mosaic instead of tile, and huge "sunflower" shower heads downstairs in the shower room. Really quaint and funky.
I think pools were called "baths" many decades ago because not all houses had indoor plumbing and it was a way to encourage people to get clean at least once a week. One hopes they were encouraged to shower before getting in. Otherwise the water would have been pretty opaque.
