A baths where many of Manchester's schoolchildren learned to swim was a place where wonderful childhood memories were made.
Bradford Baths in east Manchester was built in 1909 and also referred to as Barmouth Street Baths and Washhouse. It was a place where people could swim - wash, dry and iron clothes - and even get a hot bath.
Many who used the baths from the 1950s through to when it was closed in the 1980s, remember it as the place where teachers took them every week for swimming lessons. It was there people remember the pool's terrifying - but much respected - instructor, blowing her whistle and stalking the poolside with a long white pole to fish out any floundering stragglers.
