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Malcolm Shifrin FRHistS—"Victorian Turkish Baths": 'a major act of historical recovery', 'readable', 'scholarly', 'something in it for everyone'. Profusely illustrated. worldcat.org/title/931082056. Complementary website http://www.victorianturkishbath.org

Victorian Turkish Baths

The first… Post an image related to the first time you did something special. The first computer I used was Nimrod, against which I won a game of Nim at the Science Museum during their Festival of Britain Exhibition. (Not me in the pic, and it's not difficult to win if you know how nim works!) +ALT

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Victorian Turkish Baths

Here's Deen's Brighton baths in 1822. But 'shampooing’ originally meant a shampooer (aka a rubber) giving a full body-wash & massage—now used in this sense only in the context of Victorian #Turkishbaths. According to the OED, the modern use referring to washing one’s hair isn't much older than 1860.

#onthisday, 9 June 1932, the St James Street Public Baths opened at 72 Waterdale, #Doncaster. In the basement were #TurkishBaths (2/6d) comprising cooling-room, 3 hot rooms (125-200°F), shampooing room, a Russian vapour bath (1/6d), & 'sun ray treatments' (1/6d). The baths closed in 2013. 🗃️ #C19th

Everyone knows the Romans loved frequenting the baths. But did you know they probably invented the world's oldest shower shoes to protect their toesies from the hot hot floors? 🏺🧪

365 Challenge No. 1 - 2026 publish daily old unpublished pics Day 157 - Wet back streets, Palma, Mallorca, Spain 2018 #fotosbyfaj #faj365challenge2026 #photography #blueskykin #palmademallorca #spain #streetphotography

Victorian Turkish Baths

'Gallery of the Old Bedford', Camden Town (c.1895) by Walter Sickert (Walker Art Gallery)

Floor mosaic from Rome with the head of Medusa at the centre. Dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD, the mosaic is part of the National Roman Museum Collection, and on display at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #Rome

Roman bath clog: The world's oldest shower shoes were found at a fort along Hadrian's Wall

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better navigate slippery surfaces.

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Victorian Turkish Baths

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Marek Krumpar (Czech Artist, born 1980) "Prague Roofs", 2022. Oil on Black Canvas, 120 × 130 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt