The Arlington Baths Club is almost 150 years old! Here we take a look at what members did for the 50th and 100th anniversaries, to get some ideas for our celebrations.
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The Arlington Baths champion in the 1924 Olympics
The story of John S Thomson, a lifelong member of the Arlington Baths, who swam for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympic Games.
Rudolf Nureyev, Wee Jimmy and the Arlington Baths
When we delved into the archive boxes in the Bath’s basement, we made a discovery which confirms the Arlington’s connection to one of the most famous, talented and glamorous men of the 20th century...
Léon Emmanuel Lévy: the six-month soldier
Glasgow clerk Léon Lévy died on the Western Front but that was not quite the end of his story. For 80 years later his name and grave became part of a short story about the War and remembrance by award-winning author Julian Barnes.
Sydney John Ancill, the dentist who died in Baghdad
Sydney John Ancill lived in Sandyford Place in Glasgow with his parents, brother and two sisters. His family were in the clothing business and before the First World War his mother ran a ladies outfitters in Sauchiehall Street.
