Ripon, The Spa Baths 1914
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More about this scene

On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg. At that time you could avail yourself of an immersion spa bath and afterwards sip the sulphur water. Behind the foundation stone is a sealed box containing documents, coins and newspapers. Public swimming baths were added in 1936 - before this, changing rooms had been built alongside the river. The Spa Hydro opened in 1909, and the statue of the Marquis of Ripon was unveiled in the nearby park in 1912. A canal to the town was finished in 1773, and the railway arrived in 1848 - it survived until 1967. Ripon Racecourse opened in June 1900.

A Selection of Memories from Ripon

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ripon

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Does anyone remember allhallowgate in the early 1950s. We the Edwards lived in central court before the flats were built. Our neighbours were Mrs remmer who then became Mrs styan, Madge and Joe sawyer and our friend Pauline, wilf and Nellie Richardson, Mrs rathmell, Mr harbisher and Mr and Mrs Collinson and their daughter Eileen. I remember Eileen ran away when she was about sixteen with an older boyfriend. I'd love to ...see more
I wonder how many people are still around who went to Ripon girls high school in the 1950s. I was sad to see its decline and wonder who now owns the former school. I remember Marlene Blackburn,Jean Abbott,Christine hardcastle,veronica Coates,Janet Nicholson,Janet Thompson,Pamela Julian and many others in that year,Jean millican,Ann duffey,Christine woodhead,Linda walker. What is planned for the building? ...see more
Our family talked about an ancestor who owned Lickley Street and who drank himself to death along with his butler. Does anyone have any knowledge of this?
Does anyone remember Ethel Marsden nee Storey and Herbert Storey who lived at 2 and 3 Whitehouses, Barefoot Street, Ripon before their homes were demolished to make way for the flats in the 1960s. As a girl, Ethel Storey lived in Todds Court, Ripon, with her four siblings and parents, James and Louisa Storey, next door to the Bendelows and the Flowers. Ethel was my grandmother and I would love to know more. Does any one know anything about her husband Arthur Marsden and where he is buried?