This is where I first had swimming lessons.

I am trying to remember more about the building as I can barely remember anything about it. I vision cubicals on the left hand side as you walk into the pool area and the shallow end been at the far end. Was there anything else distinguishable about the building.

yes, I can remember the upstairs where we went as kids for a bath in a "real bath". A white one with lots of hot water. It was a luxery in those days from the old tin tub in the front room....Toms

I remember Attercliffe Baths, but not a happy memory.

That was where Woodhouse Grammar teachers FAILED MISERABLY to teach me to swim. If they are still standing(are they?), you can probably still see my finger marks in the tiles on the edge of the bath, 45 years later!

Oh, I still cannot swim.:mad:

I learnt to swim pretty quick after being thrown in the deep end at Heeley baths....about 1948. One of the lads who threw me in told me swimming was instinctive; "you don't think about it - you do it"

Lucky for me he was right :loopy:

Originally posted by Greybeard
I learnt to swim pretty quick after being thrown in the deep end at Heeley baths....about 1948. One of the lads who threw me in told me swimming was instinctive; "you don't think about it - you do it"

Lucky for me he was right :loopy:

I've heard that is a old fashioned proven method. I remember someone told me that is what they did on your first swimming lesson, I almost worried myself sick at the thought of it.

My office is in the old baths now called the gateway business centre, i used to swim there too along with all the cockroaches...yuck!

It was strange going back there to set up our office, there is still the origianal stair case and the glass middle in the roof.

I used to go attercliffe baths first to have a hot bath there .they called them the slipper baths then. Later tried to learn to swim there. It used to cost us tuppence and a bath ticket. Best part of all this was to get the (pie and peas) we were treat to when we came out.
Regards vera

Has anyone been to the old Glossop road baths since part of it is a health spa, I have it still has the original tiles, its great, well worth treating yourself if you like relaxing.

I remember attercliffe bath's very well Iwas awarded a free pass twice when I was at Coleridge road school and I used to go there every day and " Harry" the bath attendant had me cleaning the bath walls where the scum at water level built up
In return he used to let me stay in the baths as long as I wanted AND he let me have the key for the hot water baths on the left hand side as you went in

When I worked in the steelworks a group of us used to go for a swim early before starting work on a Saturday morning.

We would all race up and down the bath, shower off, then head to the sandwich shop to get a hot breakfast asndwich before we started work.

Happy Days!

Our office was in the old Attercliffe baths, it was so strange being in there, you can still use the actual stairs and the glass roof that went down the middle is still in tact.

I learnt to swim there too, along with some cock roaches, yuk!
I went to Limpsfield school and they used to take us there every week, so lucky............

I remember going to Attercliffe baths, but not a happy memory as I got shoved in and almost drowned. Needless to say I still can't swim. Love to go in the water but afraid to let my feet leave the bottom, thanks to whoever it was that pushed me in!

I used to go attercliffe baths first to have a hot bath there .they called them the slipper baths then. Later tried to learn to swim there. It used to cost us tuppence and a bath ticket. Best part of all this was to get the (pie and peas) we were treat to when we came out.
Regards vera

Hi again Vera - Hope you're doing ok. I remember the bath tickets, they were on a card and you you just tore along the perforated edge to remove one. I got mine at Huntsmans Gardens School as I suspect you did. They were a yellowish colour and had the word scholar on each one. Used to go every saturday morning and yes it was tuppence when I used to go in the late 1950's. Did you have to endure school swimming lessons with that creep called Parkin? Used to prod you with what looked like a boat hook to get you in to the deep end. My older brother ended up talking to him with his hands! Don't remember the pie and peas though - we used to go the pikelet shop on Worksop Road, next to the Brittania pub and just down from Tabers paper shop.

i used the baths in the 70s i remember it being a small pool not a full size one

Does anyone remember having to travel to Attercliffe for cookery classes.
Very old lady teacher,had trouble with vert naughty kids,including me.

Meant--- Very-- naughty kids!!

This is where I first had swimming lessons.

I am trying to remember more about the building as I can barely remember anything about it. I vision cubicals on the left hand side as you walk into the pool area and the shallow end been at the far end. Was there anything else distinguishable about the building.

Yes I remember the baths . I spent many happy hours there as a kid and later when i was working I used to call in to use the (slipper baths) up stairs. It saved me fetching the tin bath from the top of our yard.

Hi lickszz used to go there myself when i was a kid.many happy memories.the attendant was a little guy called Mr Parker,bit of a tyrant.If you go to SHEFFIELD LIBRARIES PICTURES you can find a photo of the pool area and the slipper baths.

Hi lickszz .used to go there myself when i was a kid.the attendant was called Mr Parker,a bit of a tyrant.If you go to Library Services Picture Sheffield.com you will find a photo of the pool area and the slipper baths

glad all the memory's are coming out good and bad. l was forced to swim there. then later married the caretaker of the baths changed my jobs to work there thinking that it was a dream job mind you it was in the late 70's. the life of ATTERCLIFFE was swinging with life in all area's the steel works the gipsy's camps all the back to back housing, all the gone now. cockroach's used to go from the grayhound pub to the baths for the warmth god the thought of them things still cant walk about in the dark now

My Mum took me swimming every Saturday at Attercliffe baths. We used to walk down at 6 in the morning so there was hardly anyone in the water so she could swim with her glasses on safely. She was as blind as a bat without them!
We had a mug of oxo at the baths afterwards and a packet of potato puffs (can't get them now! )
We used to walk back and buy big flat mushrooms from the barrow outside Banners for a bacon and mushroom breadcake when we got home. LOVELY!

we were the last family to move off brightside we didnt have a bathroom just a tin bath so i had to use attercliff slipper baths for a shower or a bath u got one small bar of soap and a satchet of shampoo sixteen years before that i learnt to swim there with newhall school those were the days lol

Hi again Vera - Hope you're doing ok. I remember the bath tickets, they were on a card and you you just tore along the perforated edge to remove one. I got mine at Huntsmans Gardens School as I suspect you did. They were a yellowish colour and had the word scholar on each one. Used to go every saturday morning and yes it was tuppence when I used to go in the late 1950's. Did you have to endure school swimming lessons with that creep called Parkin? Used to prod you with what looked like a boat hook to get you in to the deep end. My older brother ended up talking to him with his hands! Don't remember the pie and peas though - we used to go the pikelet shop on Worksop Road, next to the Brittania pub and just down from Tabers paper shop.

Hi Vera, I remember Parkin and his hook, After swimming we used to go to a shop of atterclif road and buy a stale bread cake and then to a chip shop on Atercl;if road and buy broken crisps costing altogether 2d

Our junior school used to take us there to learn to swim..

I worked in an office in the old baths upto about 5 years ago. It is weird in there I used to go in as a kiddy swimming. Happy times. :)

Our school (st Charles) used to go for swimming lessons in the 60's. As kids we would go on a saturday also. Just through the doorway in, to the left was the footbath. Sometimes it would be filled with really hot water. We would spend ages sat in it until we got outed. Sure I remember at one time the deep end had small diving platforms, think they got removed when I was about 6 or 7 so didn't get to use them. They stopped all diving in, or at least tried to.
Once got a free term pass from school, along with Susan Kelly. Some happy childhood memories of the place.

I learned to swim at attercliffe baths. We went with school. After that we started going to Sutherland Road baths. Shame theyve gone now.

I learned to swim at attercliffe baths. We went with school. After that we started going to Sutherland Road baths. Shame theyve gone now.
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Hi Roveress, I went to Sutherland Rd swim aswell and with owler
lane School, Would you remember Glady's Taffender she worked mostly
upstair in the slipper Baths.

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Hi Roveress, I went to Sutherland Rd swim aswell and with owler
lane School, Would you remember Glady's Taffender she worked mostly
upstair in the slipper Baths.

all I know water was wet

My gran worked at the baths in the 1960's. I learnt to swim there, my gran paid for private lessons for me. Sometimes if I was there early enough I'd have the pool all to myself. I remember walking down to the baths from Woodbourn Road school for swimming lessons. One teacher used to walk a "crocodile" of pupils down there all on his own. Happy days.

glad all the memory's are coming out good and bad. l was forced to swim there. then later married the caretaker of the baths changed my jobs to work there thinking that it was a dream job mind you it was in the late 70's. the life of ATTERCLIFFE was swinging with life in all area's the steel works the gipsy's camps all the back to back housing, all the gone now. cockroach's used to go from the grayhound pub to the baths for the warmth god the thought of them things still cant walk about in the dark now

They were very close, almost opposite a fruit and veg stall, close to the upstairs roller skating rink. The old joke about Attercliffe baths was that the heating was supplied by a man going around with a kettle!

Hi Jamestee, I also went to Att.Baths but got a veruca so was stopped,disease prevention!! By the time it had healed swimming lessons were no longer provided by Newhall Junior School.I recall slipper baths but I lived in one of only 8 houses in the whole of Attercliffe that had indoor bathroom and toilet - LUXURY. (On Don Rd.)
Any one remember buying 'penny loaves' from a shop on Attercliffe Common just to the right of Newhall Rd.top as you look from the baths?
My fear of swimming lasted till I was 29 but I did learn then. Still petrified of water though!

The thing I remember about baths at atter clife is that a snake belt buckle could turn on the hot water which hadno tap on