"… it seems that only the changing and cooling facilities
were separated, all classes of bather using the same
hot rooms, plunge bath, and massage room."

  
1. 'Turkish baths'   Coventry Herald   (2 Jan 1891)



  
2. Kelly's directory of Warwickshire for 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1912, 1916



  
3. Robinson & Gray's directory of Coventry for 1894, 1898



  
4. Spennell's directory of Coventry for 1920



  
5. Personal communication from Rayanne Byatt  (Local Studies Section, Coventry Libraries & Information Services) 8 May 2008


  
6. 'Proposed Turkish baths'   Coventry Herald   (4 Jul 1890).   Between 1888 and 1907, a Mr Archibald Reynolds James ran James's Turkish Baths in Albany Road, Wolverhampton, and it must be assumed that he and Francis James were related, though it is not yet known how.


  
7. The description of the baths is taken from two articles in the Coventry Herald: 'Proposed Turkish bath' (4 Jul 1890) and 'The new Turkish baths' (12 Dec 1890)


  
8. 'Proposed Turkish baths'    Coventry Herald    (8 Aug 1890)



  
9. 'Turkish baths'    Coventry Herald    (2 Jan 1891)



  
10. 'In these strenuous times' [: Advertisement]   Coventry Evening Telegraph   (5 Nov 1915)   p.1



  
11. Email from Rayanne Byatt (Local Studies Section, Coventry Libraries & Information Services), 8 May 2008



  
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