The Royal Turkish Baths, Harrogate:
in the shampooing room, early 1990s

Mark Nellis  (Turkish Baths Supervisor, c.1991) shampooing a bather in the same room, and in virtually the same manner, as one of his predecessors might have done 95 years earlier.

The bather's head and ankles are supported by two towel-covered, specially shaped, wooden rests.

After the shampooing process, the bather would be sluiced down or, perhaps, have a cold plunge in the pool. He would then be wrapped in dry towels and lie down for half an hour or so in the cooling room.

< Photograph by courtesy of Harrogate Resort Publicity Department

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Harrogate's Royal Turkish Baths

The Turkish bath as a procedure