BC - RECORDS OF BATH CITY COUNCIL AND BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL
- BC/13 - Bath as a Spa, Cultural and Tourist centre: records of Bath City Council and Bath & North East Somerset Council's responsibilities for culture, leisure and tourism
  - BC/13/12 - Records relating to the Thermae Bath Spa
    - BC/13/12/1 - Records relating to the Bath Spa Project (1997-2006)
      - BC/13/12/1/1 - Audio recordings of interviews conducted to aid in the development of displays for the Spa Visitor Centre, Bath

Interview with Mrs Christine Irvine who describes her experience of using the Hot Bath

Reference Number: BC/13/12/1/1/1
Alternative Reference Number: 0779
Level of Description: Item
Title: Interview with Mrs Christine Irvine who describes her experience of using the Hot Bath
Date: 30 August 2005
Extent: Extent: 1 minidisc
Description: An audio recording of an interview with Mrs Christine Irvine, who describes her personal experiences of using the Hot Bath in the early 1960s. The interviewer is Giles White and this interview, along with others, was conducted to aid in the development of visitor displays at the Spa Visitor Centre, which opened in August 2006.

The recording is 00:01:07 long with the interviewer's voice breaking in at 00:00:03. Below is a transcript of the interview:

[Giles White] 'Okay, so this is Mrs. Christine Irvine. So, in the early 60s and 70s, the Hot Bath was used for treatments under the NHS and local resident Mrs. Christine Irvine well remembers her treatment there'.

[Christine Irvine] 'In the early 60s, I had several treatments in the Hot Bath Treatment Centre, referred by my own doctor. I had a lot of muscle pain in the top half of my body. I can well remember being lowered into the hot spring water in a chair-like hoist, doing exercise with an instructor in the warm water, then being hoisted up again and taken to a room and lying on a bed and being packed with lovely hot towels to dry. It was a very relaxing experience. My muscle problem did eventually get better'.
Existence and Location of Copies: Digitised MP3 versions are available on Preservica via internal access at Bath Record Office.