White on black image (possibly taken from a blueprint) of the front façade of the two storey baths building, with a small single storey area on the right, possibly a later extension.
A Turkish bath attendant was paid 27/- per wk, & a women's shampooer 5/- per day. A Turkish bath cost 1/-, or 6d. after 4.00 p.m. Turkish baths appear in works by author and Turkish bath user #arnoldbennett, the well-known chronicler of the Five Towns.
White on black plan (possibly taken from a blueprint) of the main bath area. A main reception area has separate entrances to slipper baths for men and women on the left (so they could be used independently of the Turkish baths on the right—which had different opening times for men and women. The Turkish bath rooms shown are the cooling and dressing room, vapour bath, shampooing room, two dry hot air rooms, and the plunge bath.
#OnThisDay, 27 Jan in 1896, Public Baths, with a #TurkishBath department, were opened by #Burslem Corporation. 'Elegant Moorish doorways' separated the two hot rooms, cooling & shampooing rooms, Russian vapour bath—all wall tiled & with encaustic tiled floor—& plunge.