The Lord Mayor of Leeds will be helping Bramley Baths to celebrate 120 years of serving the community and its position as Leeds’s last remaining Edwardian bathhouse.
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung, and Bramley Baths are marking the occasion with a reception on Thursday, 17 October 2024 – exactly 120 years to the day that the then Lord Mayor of Leeds Mr A. Currer Briggs opened the baths in 1904.
A reception with guests from the Arts Council, Leeds Civic Trust, Sporting Heritage and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, plus many others, will take place on 17 October, and the Baths will be celebrating with the community at an Edwardian circus themed birthday party on Saturday, 19 October.
Threatened with closure in 2011 due to financial constraints of Leeds City Council, the local community, residents, organisations, schools and councillors responded with a high-profile campaign to ‘save the Baths’.
The Baths is now a thriving community enterprise powered by people, a professional staff team supported by a voluntary Board of Trustees, and a growing membership.
David Wilford, Chief Executive Officer at Bramley Baths said: “We are delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor and other special guests on such a notable occasion to celebrate 120 years of Bramley Baths serving the people of Leeds.
“The Baths have been at the heart of the community since day one in 1904 and have been a constant in the lives of so many local people.
“Bramley Baths is much more than a pool and it’s an exciting time for us as we head into the next chapter.
“We have ambitious plans for protecting and celebrating our unique heritage and services, including an upcoming community share offer, to make sure everything the Baths represents goes from strength to strength for future generations.”
Future plans include a major heritage-led project to restore and protect the Grade II listed building and secure its future for the next generations.
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