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Black and white photograph inside the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa.
View of children being treated in the therapeutic pool. Each child is being aided by an assistant. The children are all holding onto a wooden bench for support while doing their exercises. These children are possibly polio patients from a severe polio epidemic in the late 1940s. Polio weakens the muscles and hydrotherapy exercises helped to build up the muscles again and correct deformities.
The therapeutic pool replaced the original swimming pool which was installed in 1863. In 1890 it became known as the Ladies' pool when the De Normanville pool was built and used by men. In 1950 the Ladies' pool was partially filled in and a ramp was installed so that it could be used for physiotherapy treatments. Patients suffering from the effects of polio and arthritis as well as those injured in road traffic accidents received treatment in the warm, buoyant water. The therapeutic pool was converted into the Art Gallery during the refurbishments of 1997 - 1999.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Paul Sandby (1730-1809) The Entrance Of Warwick Castle From The Lower Court Ink ...
J. Walker Soho, Staffordshire, 1 September 1798 Ink on paper 190mm x 235mm A landscape ...
Print by John Preston Neale (c.1771 - 1847) Offchurchbury Engraved by W. Radclyffe, ...
Print by J. Brandard (1812-1863) The Royal Pump Room And Victoria Baths Ink on paper ...
Black and white photograph by Walden Hammond of The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington ...
A portrait of Alice Willes c.1880-1910.
This postcard shows two girls standing in the tree-lined Linden Avenue in the Pump ...
This postcard features a view of the Lodge entrance to the Jephson Gardens in Leamington ...
A photograph along a terrace in Leamington Spa, c. 1940-1949. The photograph is ...
Black and white photograph by P.W. Thompson inside the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington ...
Colour photograph inside the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, c.1980. View of wheelchairs ...
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Donor ref:LEAMG : M3535.1990.9 (69/18630)
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