bath time
Manchester's Victoria Baths opened in 1906, described at the time as 'the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country'. After the baths closed in 1993 the building quickly fell into dereliction. Through the efforts of English Heritage, Victoria Baths Trust and the BBC Restoration programme enough money was raised to begin work in 2007. I'd been looking forward to this trip like a kid waiting for Christmas - faded grandeur, exposed brickwork, peeling wallpaper a