History
The Bath House at Broadbent's Engineering in Huddersfield is Grade II listed. It was built for the purpose of the foundry company Thomas Broadbent and Sons, Huddersfield, 1955, by Abbey Hanson architects .
The baths were opened in 1955 on 15 July after planning permission was granted in April 1954. The local newspaper, the Huddersfield Examiner, carried an article on the opening, describing the new amenity block as having the `most up to date washing facilities - complete even to plugs for electric razors...Each foundry worker is provided with two lockers, for his outdoor clothes and for his working clothes, and through them warm air is circulated to keep the clothes dry, thus avoiding the possibility of colds being caught after taking showers'. The layout and facilities are described in detail, with a heading `So Optimistic - They've even built a sun lounge!'.
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Luckily visited this 2 days before the work started on this place so got extremely lucky to see it before it has now been changed for the University
The Bath House at Broadbent's Engineering in Huddersfield is Grade II listed. It was built for the purpose of the foundry company Thomas Broadbent and Sons, Huddersfield, 1955, by Abbey Hanson architects .
The baths were opened in 1955 on 15 July after planning permission was granted in April 1954. The local newspaper, the Huddersfield Examiner, carried an article on the opening, describing the new amenity block as having the `most up to date washing facilities - complete even to plugs for electric razors...Each foundry worker is provided with two lockers, for his outdoor clothes and for his working clothes, and through them warm air is circulated to keep the clothes dry, thus avoiding the possibility of colds being caught after taking showers'. The layout and facilities are described in detail, with a heading `So Optimistic - They've even built a sun lounge!'.
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Luckily visited this 2 days before the work started on this place so got extremely lucky to see it before it has now been changed for the University
It became a building site 3 days after my visit!
