Old Photograph - Jeppe High School for Boys - Swimming Bath 1941

Eighty-five years ago the swimming bath at Jeppe High School for Boys glissened in the sun.  

Historically, swimming pools were often called “swimming baths” because they evolved from public bathhouses built for hygiene rather than leisure (very fittingly located near many school hostels😁).

The site where this "bath"once stood is currently used as a ruby practice field, soon to be replaced by a "High Performance Centre"............ how the spaces at JHSB constantly change!

Photo credit: J. Church

Sources:

History of Pools: From Ancient Baths to Modern Backyard Oasis

https://beechmountpools.com/2025/05/06/history-of-pools-from-ancient-baths-to-modern-backyard-oasis/#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20pools%20date,purposes%2C%20emphasizing%20cleanliness%20and%20purification.

Jeppe High School for Boys Magazine 1941

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/4C3B864BE0DDF1AF2437319219FBD81C/S096392682100047Xa.pdf/municipal-modernity-the-politics-of-leisure-and-johannesburgs-swimming-baths-1920s-to-1930s.pdf