RETRO GALLERY: Doncaster's St James' Baths in its heyday

This is how generations of Doncaster swimmers will remember the town's St James' baths - before its closure and descent into ruin.
St James' Baths in its heyday.St James' Baths in its heyday.
St James' Baths in its heyday.

We revealed that the once popular Waterdale leisure centre, which dates from 1932, is now a crumbling, debris strewn wreck after it was closed due to structural problems four years ago.

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PICTURES: Frozen in time - eerie glimpse inside Doncaster's abandoned St James' ...

The building is a Grade II listed structure after late community campaigner Ray Nortrop secured its survival because it housed one of the country's few remaining original Turkish Baths in the basement.