Remembering Boultham Baths

Light and Dreams Photography’s collection of old photographs of Lincoln’s Boultham Baths and the Goshes seems apt viewing in the sunny weather.

We’d never heard of the Goshes, which are shown in the first photo, but it appears to be the name of the first incarnation of the baths which were created when the old Lincoln Waterworks became obsolete after the city’s supply started to come from Elkesley in 1911 (see earlier in our Heritage section for more information on this).

Rather than scrap the tiled water storage tank it was decided to turn them into public swimming baths, which first opened in 1914.

A purpose-built swimming pool was built in 1938 and upgraded in the 1950s.

One 45 seconds the video recalls the tragedy that struck the baths on March 20, 1939 when an RAF Hampden Bomber crashed near the site killing all four crew members.

The baths survived until 1978 when they were closed.

People who have memories of Boultham Baths are invited to jot them down in the comments section under the video on Youtube at https://tinyurl.com/49jnbaze