Dear All
A question has been raised in the Forest of Dean regarding the
preservation of the various pithead baths that still stand in the area,
namely Princess Royal (under serious threat of demolition), Northern
United, Eastern United and Cannop.
Cannop's were built by the colliery in 1929, the rest by the Miners
Welfare Committee.
Now to the questions. When and where where the first pithead baths
built? Is there any published material on the subject?
We have a firm of architects working on the Princess Royal buildings and
they would just like to put them into a national context.
Many thanks
Ian Pope
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