Taking a look at the Arlington Baths Club proposal books from 1910 to 1915 reveals that there were lots of members who came from all over the world. Meet a few of these international members...
Alexander R B Soga: famous South African doctor
Medical student Alexander Soga joined the Baths in April 1912. He was from South Africa but his family had strong ties to Scotland.
Dugald Blue: popular and inspiring teacher at two Glasgow schools
Dugald (or Dougall) Blue was a popular classics teacher, who was remembered with fondness and respect by staff and students at two Glasgow schools.
Ellinor Agnes Christison: the domestic science student who got an MBE
Ellinor Agnes Christison trained and worked in domestic science; a profession that took her to North Africa and Italy in the Second World War.
Robert Colin Christison: rugby captain, reader and “the beau-ideal of a soldier”
Robert Colin Christison was known as ‘Bertie’. An engineer from a family of engineers, was an athlete, interested in books and reading, and was described as “universally popular”.
