Reading and replying to Kingofthecocktails post reminded me of having to go to the public baths .I lived in Bolton until I was 10 years old and despite having the usual tin bath hung on the yard wall occasionally my sisters and I would be sent to have a bath at the public baths. I think we payed twopence and was given a bar of soap and shown into a cubicle with a bath in it.
I hated going and always felt ashamed to go.I don't know why at least it proved that we were clean.
Gail