From: Chris J Brady <chrisjbrady@...>
Subject: [Yorkhall] Shock - Ironmonger Row Turkish Baths, Islington is to be closed ....
To: "York Hall" <yorkhall@...>, IMR_Turkish_Baths@..., docklands-turkish-baths@...
Cc: "Malcolm Shifrin" <malcolm@...>, "Malcolm Shifrin" <shifrin@...>, "Islington Tribune" <letters@...>
Date: Monday, 18 May, 2009, 5:37 PM

Shock - Ironmonger Row Turkish Baths, Islington is to be closed ....

for a reported £16m facelift.

London Lite reports: one of London's oldest Turkish Baths is to get a £16m makeover to restore Islington's 71-year-old Ironmoger Row Baths near Old Street, London, which has pools, steam rooms and marble massage slabs, go before the Council on Thursday (21-5-2009).

Perhaps we need to make sure that Ironmonger Row does not become another pretentious 'spa' such as York Hall that no-one can afford to patronise and whose rules of use are so draconian as to be unwelcoming to many?

CJB.