I was meaning to put up some more examples of Art Deco from Glasgow but haven’t been able to find blog friendly photographs of them on the net so they’ll need to wait till I get across to the West to take pictures of them myself.

In the meantime I recently read someone saying that Aberdeen didn’t have any Art Deco buildings.
Obviously they had never been inside the Bon Accord Baths.
And this hotel looks pretty Deco to me. Reminiscent of Rothesay Pavilion in its circular sweep.

Also something like an ocean liner which all good Art Deco buildings should be.

I was browsing the www last night and I discovered that Aberdeen City Council has recently closed these baths apparently not long after refurbishing them.

To see how sad a loss this could be just feast your eyes on these pictures. This is such a wonderful Art Deco interior. This is simply how a baths ought to be. When I first saw the photographs I was stunned.

It is a pity that the facilities are no longer cost effective. It seems each visitor to the baths was effectively subsidised to the tune of £11 a visit!

In these cash straitened times I suppose Aberdeen council has to make cuts somewhere but surely this interior deserves preserving and cherishing.

There is a link – which I can’t seem to follow – to a petition against the closure and also a statement that these baths had the only diving boards in Aberdeen!

I realise the upkeep is a severe strain on the public purse and people want more modern facilities, flumes etc, but I don’t think beautiful is too strong a word to describe what can be seen here. Magnificent even.

Is there not a way the Bon Accord Baths can be taken over by some preservation trust?