Pudsey Public Baths
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1930-1997
Pudsey Public Baths
As the Duke and the Duchess of York approached the market place to lay the
foundation stone of Pudsey's public baths in April 1928, a 'lusty Yorkshire
cheer' issued from the crowd, especially from the 1,400 flag waving
schoolchildren. Local girl guides, under their captains the Misses L. and
N. Miller, and boy scouts, under their scout leader 'Johnny' Lingard,
formed a gaurd of honour for the royal couple. The Baths were opened by the
following June by the mayor, Councillor George Wormersley. The 17 stone
chairman of the commitee, Councillor George Simeon Myers, provided a
memorable climax to the occasion by publically diving in and being the
first person to swim a length. The architect was Pudsey's Borough Surveyor,
Basil H. Noble and cost £14,000. It was designed as a dual purpose building,
in the winter being converted into the Albert Hall by laying a dance floor
over the pool. Above the stage was the Pudsey Coat of Arms, allowed by the
College of Heralds in 1900, the year of the towns incorporation. Today an
extension has been built to the rear of the building which houses a
gymnasium, tennis courts ect. The pool area is only used as a pool and the
area which used to be the stage is now a cafe.
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