Date:1950 - 1955 (c.)
Description:The brine baths were believed to cure rheumatism, the warm brine improving circulation. This photograph shows the gentlemen's private treatment room. In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search for a water supply for the town. This led to the opening of the Brine Baths in Greengate Street in 1892. Its royal title was granted after a visit by the Duchess of Teck in 1895. A swimming pool, Turkish baths and a several therapeutic pools (for curing rheumatism) were provided and entrance cost sixpence. The baths were demolished in 1977 when the building was found to be unsafe. Civic offices now stand on this site.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
View from Green Bridge towards Chetwynd House. Mr Jenkinson, a baker and confectioner, ...
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search ...
View showing Henry Mercer's saddlers shop and the Baths Hotel on Greengate Street. In ...
Stafford fire engine and firemen. This fire engine is a Leyland FT4A Pump Escape, ...
Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910. In ...
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Donor ref:SAMS Acc. No., 98.20.29, img: 1504 (18/1958)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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