The Brighton Hammam lived on as a cinema

                    
The Academy Picture House, formerly the Brighton Hammam which closed around 1910. The Hammam was opened by the Brighton Turkish Bath Co Ltd at 59 West Street, in 1868.

< Photo courtesy Brighton History Centre: Photographer unknown      

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The Brighton Hammam

Performance in the raw. Part 5: the shampooing ritual

Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 3: Women and the first baths

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Victorian Turkish Baths:

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