Edwardian Baths saved and restored

Birmingham Opera Co ‏@BirminghamOpera  Jan 14

Byron Jackson @stirchleybaths opening ceremony!

Stirchley Baths were officially opened on 14th January 2016, or strictly speaking, the re-opening of the Baths after some 105 years!

Richard and I attended this official ceremony as Stirchley Baths reappeared in its new guise as a community centre with halls, meeting rooms, cinema space and café.

Still Going Swimmingly!

Stirchley Baths ceremonial plaque 1910.
Image: stirchleybaths.org

Begun in 1910 and opened in mid 1911, Stirchley swimming baths (on Bournville Lane) was a popular local facility for nearly eighty years before it closed to the public in 1988. By this time the Edwardian building was in need of significant attention, as were many other swimming pools in the city, and it fell into even greater disrepair as the years passed.

But we can now see a renovated and refurbished building emerging from behind the hoardings as the major project reaches completion.