Croydon - Scarbrook Road

Outside Inside!
Permission was granted for nude bathing 1969.
From the opening period, the outside pool allowed only
male bathers.
Discussions began for the future project of a pool in 1854. School Board Boys were allowed to use it on Saturday am 1875.
Discussions began for the building of a new swimming bath (picture) in 1907, and the opening took place in 1909 conducted by the Mayor.

By 1928 the baths needed construction work. In 1960 there was suggestion that the site be sold and a new bath built elsewhere. However, in 1961, the indoor bath was closed for the installation of a removable hand rail. 1964 saw the site of the baths held on lease from the
Whitgift Foundation. Rent was variable every 10 years and was based on the average prices of wheat, barley and oats. The baths received a face-lift in 1967 for £2,500.

OUTCOME: Demolished in 1974 - the council couldn’t afford new baths. Apartment homes now occupy the site where these wonderful old baths once stood, described once as “one of the finest in the country.”