Local artist and member Fouzia Zafar is running a set of printing workshops next weekend. Sat 25 April Childrens workshop/Sun 26 April Adult workshop. For more details and book a space> www.eventbrite.com/o/1211462629...
An ehibition board entitled Percorsi Artistici whcih includes a old photgraoh of the Arlingtone Baths pond hall, with text about avant-garde writer Italian-Scots Alexander Trocchi
Delightful to see the Baths in a new exhibition about Italians in Scotland, thanks to our Alexander Trocchi connection arlingtonbathshistory.co.uk/2021/02/11/o... See the exhibition by appointment at the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, til 15 May or online lincontro.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
See the story of Joana Andrade, a big wave surfer from Portugal, training in Finland with champion ice diver Johanna Nordblad to face her fear of drowning. Sat 21 March, 6pm, Arlington Baths Club, £5
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Our beautiful Turkish bath is 150 years old! In this illustrated talk, art historian Dr Ailsa Boyd @ailsaboyd.bsky.social will discuss 'The Arlington Baths, The Alhambra and Owen Jones: Islamic architecture and design in the 19th century’. Fri 13 Mar, 7pm, free!
Original drawing of Brodrick’s Baths in Cookridge Street, c.1864. In this first design, each section of the building fits perfectly with the others. The colour image shows a single-storey building, with a central section flanked by two wings, each with a small pointed dome at the end, its façade decorated with horizontal polychrome brick stripes and surmounted by a decorative parapet. The central section has a wide arched recess which frames the doorways for male and female bathers. Above this is a pointed dome; behind it two pointed saucer domes; and behind that, a much large saucer dome with a low cone-topped lantern. At the rear is a tall minaret-styled structure designed to conceal the boiler-house chimney.
Decline and fall of a design - 1. The building actually constructed, included on an early advertising poster, was severely modified. Apart from the striped façade, decorative parapet, and some domes, the building was considerably changed being smaller and simpler. The ‘minaret’ and large central saucer dome have gone, and the remaining three central domes are differently shaped and sized. The central archway is now purely decorative and there are separate entrances, for gentlemen (on the left) and ladies (on the right). The building is smaller, with five instead of six windows in each wing, and these are of a simpler, less expensive design. Finally, the absence of any boiler house flue in a building with Turkish baths, suggests that even this view is not an accurate representation of what was built.
Decline and fall of a design - 2. The more prosaic drawing on the letterhead used by the company at the time is similar to the poster image, but a plain business-like flue is clearly shown behind the central, square-based pitched roof which has replaced the saucer dome.
Decline and fall of a design - 3. In 1880, the company had to increase its income and added a second storey to provide lettable offices, leaving the building looking more or less the same as in this 1969 photo. All the domes were removed and the façade refaced so as to fit in better with its neighbours. Brodrick had not been involved, and local newspapers did not consider this an improvement! When re-opened in 1882, the first-class Turkish baths had a cooling-room with fourteen divans, a fountain ‘with a figure representing one of the naiades holding a water-lily from which a jet of water is thrown’, a plunge pool, and a gallery for smokers made possible by the addition of the second floor. There were three hot rooms at 125°F, 170°F, and 230°F, a shampooing room with four slabs, and a washing room with a variety of showers. The second-class baths were similar, but without a third hot room. Additionally, there were separate baths for women, including a mikveh 'built at the request of the Jewish community, from plans supplied by the Chief Rabbi, and used exclusively by Hebrews…'
#onthisday, 21 February 1867, the Victorian #TurkishBaths in Cookridge St, #Leeds, designed by Cuthbert Brodrick for the Oriental & General Bath Co of Leeds Ltd, was opened. The baths were purchased by Leeds Corporation in 1898, were refurbished, and remained open till 4 February 1965. +ALT 🗃️ #C19th
Our February Flick is Lola (2022) an imaginative riff on time travel and alternate future Sci-Fi. Saturday 28 February 6pm cert 15. Tickets £5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-night... All Welcome #glasgow #film #scifi #movienight
Our main feature at Film Club for January is The Life of Chuck. Saturday 24 Jan 2026 6pm. described as a 'stunning celebration of the moments that make life worth living' Tickets £5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-night...
Join us next Saturday for our January films!
First up is a FREE relaxed showing of the classic 1939 animation of Gulliver's Travels by Fleischer Studios CERT. U 4-5.15pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-matin...
Happy New Year! Welcome back to the Arlington Baths Club for 2026 Walk with us as we switch on for a new year of health, exercise and wellbeing. Keep sound on for the full effect... #NewYear #healthy
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Join us for our first film of the season KEDI on Sat 25 October 6pm. A charming and philosophical documentary about the stray cats of Istanbul. Tickets £5 on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-night... All Welcome #cats #istanbul #glasgow #film
Amazing exhibition about Victorian Turkish Baths @victurk.bsky.social a sadly declining rarity.
Green and orange poster for the Arlington Baths Club Gala 21 June 2025
One week to go until our 2025 Gala! Come along for street entertainment, book into spectate at the water polo and enjoy relaxed pool side classics. All welcome and events are free. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/arlington-.... #westfestglasgow, #glasgow #streetgala #waterpolo #classical #familyfun
Come see the exciting sport of water polo where it's rules were first devised. @WesternWaterPolo will be demonstrating skill and strategy in the Arlington Baths pool. Book a free spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/water-polo... Sat 21 June 12 noon All Welcome #waterpolo #swimming #sport #history #glasgow
image of the Victorian Pool Hall of the Arlington Baths Club Glasgow. Red roof rafters above a blue swimming pool with red and white terrazzo in the foreground.
Join us this Saturday 14 June for a free tour of Europe's oldest member owned and run swimming club. Tours are on the hour from 10am-2pm. Book a place here: buff.ly/Obg9Cj1 #swimming, #history #glasgow
As the #Trocchi100 symposium gets started at @uofglasgow.bsky.social, it's a nice moment to recall his interest in sport and exercise including #swimming at the Arlington Baths Club @arlingtonbaths.co.uk in #Glasgow Find out more arlingtonbathshistory.co.uk/2021/02/11/o... #SportsHistory #Trocchi
Congratulations to Porchester Spa on reopening after their £3M refurbishment secretldn.com/porchester-spa looking good! #turkishbaths
It's February and Love is in the Air, so why not join us on St Valentine's Day for an evening of classic romantic songs. Tramdirect will pull your heart strings with songs from Cole Porter, Doris Day and others. All welcome Tickets £12.00 buff.ly/3CgXC4a
Nothing better on a cold November evening than relaxing after work in the heat of the @arlingtonbaths.co.uk ‘s #Turkishbath
