The spa, based in the Turkish Baths, is the last surviving part of a public baths complex that was built in 1836 to give poor Sheffielders much-needed access to better hygiene, following the terrible cholera epidemic that killed 402 people.
The building housed two swimming pools and these are where many Sheffield schoolchildren had their swimming lessons.
1. Bare essentials
Customers at the Turkish Bath on September 30, 1986 Photo: Julia Armstrong
2. New beginning
A reopening ceremony of Glossop Road Baths, Sheffield following their renovation, performed by by David Leigh of Sheffield City SC on June 29, 1974 Photo: Julia Armstrong
3. Arms forward...
Glossop Road Swimming Baths, Sheffield, 1966 Photo: Julia Armstrong
4. Looking up
Glossop Road Swimming Baths, Sheffield, 1970 Photo: Julia Armstrong