tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post894570092368794094..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Turkish Baths, Russell SquareCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-57580654278458714852012-11-21T17:55:54.723+00:002012-11-21T17:55:54.723+00:00By the way, several of the links in the post are t...By the way, several of the links in the post are to <a href="http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/" rel="nofollow">The Victorian Turkish Bath</a> site. I'd highly recommend browsing further for an unbelievable amount of information about Turkish baths, including a useful list of those <a href="http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/stillopen.htm" rel="nofollow">still open</a>.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-20258010151214587222012-11-19T15:55:41.786+00:002012-11-19T15:55:41.786+00:00Hugh, as far as I can see the lettering was all re...Hugh, as far as I can see the lettering was all red originally, but lots of the coloured inlay has disappeared leaving black lettering. (I'm relying on the photo, as the sign is now just in front of a cashpoint so odd behaviour like getting on my knees to examine it would have made people nervous!)<br /><br />Hels, it is a shame there aren't more of them. A few still survive, and the one in Harrogate, Yorkshire was recently restored so it's absolutely lovely - but rather a long trip from London for a bath! I've visited the more prosaic Ironmonger Row baths a few times, though. <br />CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-82548329691790159112012-11-17T07:25:21.244+00:002012-11-17T07:25:21.244+00:00Is there any significance in the coloured letters?...Is there any significance in the coloured letters? They aren't his initials, and it looks a bit odd rather than decorative. The baths do look splendidly luxurious and inviting.HughBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690600639304795379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-20783015573170779862012-11-15T21:09:28.531+00:002012-11-15T21:09:28.531+00:00What a shame that people couldn't get access t...What a shame that people couldn't get access to clean, hot and efficient Turkish baths at a time when they didn't have baths in their own homes. The population must have been pretty smelly back then :(<br /><br />And what a shame that people ca't get access to the luxurious Turkish baths now. Even though they were for the well heeled only, the experience was one to be savoured.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com