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Burns Night - Fine Food For A Fiver - 24th January 2020

18th January 2020

The Baths has had many Burns Nights over its 150 year history but it's been wee while since we had one. It’s almost on Burns Night, so on Friday 24th January at 7.00pm. We’ll have traditional haggis, neeps and tatties as well as other delicious culinary delights. Guests are especially welcome, so do bring a pal or two, introduce them to the baths and get to know some other members over a drink and some food. If you feel like reciting some poetry there will be time for that too.

COVID -19 Coronavirus Update

17th March 2020

Advice on visiting and using the baths during the on going COVID19 pandemic.

COVID -19 Update Club Closure Friday 20 March 9:30pm

19th March 2020

COVID-19 POOL CLOSING UPDATE

Stick With Us

21st March 2020

Clubbing Together - Lynn & Dave

25th March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Lynn Henderson is head of the PCS Union in Scotland and her partner Dave Moxham is Deputy General Secretary of the STUC. They’ve been club members for 7 years and told us why they’ve decided to stick with us...

Clubbing Together - Patrick

26th March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. First elected in 2015, Patrick Grady is our local MP. He sees chilling out in the club as a perfect way to relax after the hurly-burly of politics in Westminster. He joined two years ago and told us why he’s decided to stick with us...

Clubbing Together - Fiona & Keith

27th March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Fiona Macdonald works with Public Health Scotland and her husband Keith, works with Médecins Sans Frontières. Fiona joined in 1991 when she moved to Glasgow as a graduate. Twenty years later Keith was told - you’re joining the club...

Clubbing Together - Marion

28th March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Marion Gardyne may have retired from teaching, but she’s as busy as ever producing art that’s been exhibited all over the city and in the club. Marion first joined in 2001, took a wee break to travel, then dived straight back in on her return. It’s fair to say she’s missing us and she’s sticking with us.

Clubbing Together - Tracy, Will & Heather

29th March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. When Tracy Burnett moved back to Glasgow, she made a happy discovery and a chunk of new friends. She joined with her family in 2010 and told us why they’re sticking with us.

Clubbing Together - Andrew

30th March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. It’s fair to say that CalMac marketing boss Andrew Macnair has a certain affinity with water, when he isn’t floating about in our pond, he’s likely to be bobbing about on a boat. He joined in 2017 and told us why he’s sticking with us...

Clubbing Together - Tricia

31st March 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Patricia Fort is a retired British Rail Civil Engineer and she is one of the Arlington’s ‘early birds’. She’s as passionate about cycling as she is about swimming, not to mention the odd shower or two... She joined 23 years ago and told us why she’s sticking with us...

Clubbing Together - Karen & Simon

1st April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Karen Willey and Simon Dell met twenty-eight years ago, but Simon’s mother Muriel encouraged Karen to start another love affair...

Clubbing Together - Ruby & Martyn

2nd April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Having joined last September, Ruby Alden-Gibson and Martyn Cook are amongst our newest members. Books and bathing go hand in hand for them. And as full time Trade Unionists, they’re sticking with us to support our staff...

Clubbing Together - Alistair

3rd April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. One by one, Glasgow’s Victorian bathing complexes went to the wall. But after a well known Eastend members club collapsed, Alistair Macnaughton moved westward. And he’s sticking with us...

Fee Options During the COVID-19 Closedown

4th April 2020

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Board have been looking at the Bath's finances and have made arrangements for the payment of fees.

Clubbing Together - Lynsey, Alan, Abbey & Logan

4th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Many Arlington families can trace membership back through the generations. Lynsey Smith is from one of those. In fact as one of our water babies, it seems she almost learned to swim before she learned to walk. And she’s sticking with us...

Clubbing Together - Conflict & Crisis

6th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. A club that’s 150 years old has a wealth of stories waiting to be told. Our History Group volunteers are passionate about our architecture, our membership and a social history that span the generations. The current pandemic isn’t of course the first crisis in a century and a half, both World Wars had a devastating impact on many families. Lucy Janes delved into our archive to discover how people coped during the Second World War and how the generosity of members saw their club through the conflict...

Clubbing Together - Colin, Sandie, Gavin & Lindsey

7th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. For Colin and Sandie Scott, diving in to the baths really was a family affair. Colin told us why they’re sticking with us...

Clubbing Together - Clare

8th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. A few years ago the BBC documentary Pleasure Palace introduced the club to television viewers. And as Clare McCann told us, one star of the programme was close to many members...

Clubbing Together - Colin

9th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Lots of people use the club for lot of reasons. Some never venture upstairs to our gym, some spend all their time in our Turkish Suite. And some, like Colin Fergus Smith are a more likely to be found in our Members Lounge than our pond...

Clubbing Together - James

10th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. The club may be a Grade A listed building of historic significance, but it would be nothing without members and loyal staff who make it extra special. Most have met our Deputy General Manager James Findlay, some will even remember the young graduate just out of Langside College...

Clubbing Together - Get In Touch

12th April 2020

We’re asking what people love about the baths and we’d love to share your memories of gala days and competitions. Especially if you were one of these daring young men on our flying trapeze! Drop an email to info@arlingtonbaths.co.uk and we’ll add it to all the others we’re sharing online.

Clubbing Together - Surviving the 1947 Polio epidemic

15th April 2020

As families recovered from the second world war, a new threat hit the country. A viral epidemic spread and cost lives until a vaccine was found. History Group Volunteer Will Jess looks at how members and the club copied with the polio outbreak...

Clubbing Together - Lucy

26th April 2020

We’re asking people what they love about the baths. Lucy Janes is involved in the club’s History Group and is a member of our elected board. She joined around 10 years ago, after visiting on Doors Open Day

VE Day 75

9th May 2020

Remembering some Second World War stories from the Arlington Baths this weekend.

Happy Birthday to Us!

9th July 2020

Founded on the 11th July 1870, the Arlington Baths Club is still run and owned by members. Help us celebrate our 150th year.

Jenn & LB serenade the Baths

10th July 2020

An impromptu birthday gig for the baths from Jenn Butterworth and Laura-Beth Salter.

Founders of the Arlington Baths Club

11th July 2020

150 years ago today a group of Glaswegian gentlemen came together to form a company to construct a swimming pool on Arlington Street. Today the baths endures as the oldest swimming club in the UK. Our history group have been researching the founding of the club and the men behind it.

Coffee & Birthday Cake at the Baths

11th July 2020

Here are some pictures of the socially distanced outdoor coffee and birthday cake to celebrate our foundation on 11th July 1870

Listen to the Bath’s Chairman on BBC GMS

11th July 2020

Listen to Bath’s Chairman Gordon McDougall on BBC Good Morning Scotland.

Birthday wishes lodged at Holyrood and Westminster

12th July 2020

A big thank you to local representatives Pauline McNeil MSP and Patrick Grady MP who have lodged motions in Holyrood and Westminster in support of the baths historic contribution to life in the city on our 150th year.

Watch the Baths on STV News

13th July 2020

Courtney Cameron from STV News visits the Arlington and interviews some members about what we love about the baths in our 150th year,

Arlington Baths on Heart Radio

29th July 2020

Listen the the chairman of the baths discussing the challenges of lockdown with Heart Radio.

CLUB OPENING MONDAY 31 AUGUST 7.00AM

20th August 2020

Statement from the Chairman on the plans to re-open the Baths.

SWIM SAFE - TRAIN SAFE - KEEP SAFE

24th August 2020

Details of the new arrangements for using the club.

Cleanliness and Godliness

30th August 2020

The club gets a mention on the eve of reopening in the sermon from St Mary's Cathedral.

We've Made A Bit Of A Splash

31st August 2020

Today's press coverage of the re-opening of indoor pools and gyms in Scotland,

When The World's Greatest Dancer Came To Visit

2nd September 2020

45 years ago this month, Rudolf Nureyev. one of the greatest ballet dancer visited the baths.

Digital Doors Open 2020

8th September 2020

The club takes part in the Doors Open Day festival each year. This year it will be a little different! We have created a self walking tour of some of the founders of the baths and a virtual tour of the building.

Digital Book Week Scotland: 16-22 November 2020

3rd November 2020

In November we’re usually gearing up to welcome readers and writers into the Baths as part of Book Week Scotland. Sadly we can’t do that this year but here’s a few events that might be of interest, including launches and a discussion event from our regular Book Week Scotland collaborators Ringwood Publishing.