The West Bowling District Baths,

Manchester Road, Bradford

             
The Manchester Road Baths, later known as the West Bowling District Baths, were opened in 1887 while John Howarth was still Bradford's Baths Superintendent.

Although the facility was originally built without Turkish baths, it seems inconceivable that Howarth didn't specify them—more likely that the Council cut back on expenditure. However, they were added at a later, currently unknown, date.

< Opening of the new Central Baths, 13th September 1905: official handbook. — Bradford : the Council, 1905.

Susan Caton, Central Library, Bradford Dept of Arts, Heritage & Leisure, for help with information about Bradford's baths

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Urquhart and the London Hammam. Part 3: the class barrier

The Turkish bath as a facility

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Victorian Turkish Baths:

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