#PublicBaths
The sculpted ghost signs on the former Maryhill public baths and wash house in Glasgow (now the Glasgow Club Maryhill) mentiones in my previous post. These baths were designed by A.B. MacDonald and were opened in 1898.

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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #ghostsign
#maryhill #publicbaths
September 29, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The former Glasgow Corporation Public Baths and Wash House on Tollcross Road in the Parkhead area of Glasgow. Designed by A.B. MacDonald, it was built in 1904.

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#glasgow #parkhead #publicbaths #architecture #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography
January 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The surviving entrance to the former Whiteinch Public Baths in the west of Glasgow. Designed by the Office of Public Works in an Edwardian Baroque style, it opened in 1926.

#glasgow #whiteinch #architecture #glasgowbuildings #publicbaths #architecturephotography
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Marshall Street Baths, Westminster. Built 1850. Rebuilt 1928-30. Architect Alfred Cross 1931
#Architecture #PublicBaths #Swimming
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Such public baths and steamies (as the wash houses were known) were once common in Glasgow, especially in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras when few tenements had their own bathrooms or washing facilities.

#glasgow #parkhead #publicbaths #architecture #glasgowhistory
January 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Art Nouveau era was a cultural scene with progressive approaches in art, fashion, philosophy were being discussed. Several notable cities fostered an atmosphere of tolerance that allowed homoerotic encounters in public baths.

#ArtNouveau #Jugendstil #Homoerotic #PublicBaths #Tolerance #gayart
May 27, 2024 at 5:31 AM
DYK medieval women & men had no shame to be #naked in #PublicBaths? Why do many #Christians see it as immoral & #sinful today? Why do police see it as crime? Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #PersonalHygiene #PublicNudity
June 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
DYK medieval women & men had no shame to be #naked in #PublicBaths? Why do many #Christians see it as immoral & #sinful today? Why do police see it as crime? Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #PersonalHygiene #PopularCulture
October 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In #JUNE 1883
‘“Get in line, gentlemen!”
Opening of the free baths in New York’
*Harpers Weekly*, June 1883
The baths were open from mid-June to mid-October.
#NewYorkCity #tenements #PublicBaths #FloatingBaths #PublicHygiene
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
June 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
In #JUNE 1883
‘“Get in line, gentlemen!”
Opening of the free baths in New York’ *Harpers Weekly*, June 1883
The baths were open from mid-June to mid-October.
#NewYorkCity #tenements #PublicBaths #FloatingBaths #PublicHygiene
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
June 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
DYK medieval women & men had no shame to be #naked in #PublicBaths? Why do many Christians see it as immoral & #sinful today? Why do police see it as crime? Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #PersonalHygiene #PublicNudity
August 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
DYK medieval people at #PublicBaths were not embarrassed to see one another unclothed? Women & men made their way to the baths in various states of undress. This was especially true in northern Europe, in countries such as Germany & Switzerland.
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
DYK medieval women & men had no shame to be #naked in #PublicBaths? Why do many #Christians see it as immoral & #sinful today? Why do police see it as crime? Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #PersonalHygiene #PopularCulture
June 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
DYK medieval people at #PublicBaths were not embarrassed to see one another unclothed? Women & men made their way to the baths in various states of undress. This was especially true in northern Europe, in countries such as Germany & Switzerland.
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
August 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
But not all people were welcome. Towns across Europe banned #Jews, #Muslims, & #SexWorkers from the #PublicBaths except on certain days of the week. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
August 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
DYK medieval women & men had no shame to be naked in #PublicBaths? Why do many #Christians see it as immoral & #sinful today? Why do police see it as crime? Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #PersonalHygiene #PublicNudity
February 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
DYK Germans have enjoyed being naked for centuries? #PublicNudity for Medieval #PublicBaths in Europe was common until the 14thC Black Death closed them up. But they survived in Baden & other German towns. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
But not all people were welcome. Towns across Europe banned
#Jews, #Muslims, & #SexWorkers from the #PublicBaths except on certain days of the week. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The point of a PUBLIC spa is that it is for Public Good
It still requires upkeep
every major #WorldCulture has #PublicBaths
Except #NorthAmerica who treats #ILLNESS or #PAIN as something you don’t prevent with improved circulation, stretching, mobility…

One of the reasons we have an #opioidCrisis!
This bathhouse was INSANE 🏊‍♀️ #budapest #spa #gellertbaths #travel
YouTube video by Alex Paradox
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January 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Public Baths of Ancient Pompeii Were Actually Pretty Gross—Until the Romans Built an Aqueduct: Hygienic conditions were poor in the city's older bathing facilities, a new study reveals. The analysis sheds light on Pompeii's… @SmithsonianMag #Pompeii #AncientRome #PublicBaths #Aqueducts #History
The Public Baths of Ancient Pompeii Were Actually Pretty Gross—Until the Romans Built an Aqueduct
Hygienic conditions were poor in the city's older bathing facilities, a new study reveals. The analysis sheds light on Pompeii's water systems and residents' bathing habits
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January 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM