The water-doctors vanish
E.S. Turner: The social history of British spas, 4 June 1998
British Spas from 1815 to the Present Day: A Social History
by Phyllis Hembry and Leonard Cowie.
Athlone, 292 pp., £50, June 1997,0 485 11502 6 Show More
by Phyllis Hembry and Leonard Cowie.
Athlone, 292 pp., £50, June 1997,
“... Welcome, then, to this historic spa town, once calling itself the English Montpellier. The cherished waters, ideal for restoring the ‘animal functions’, have been reduced to a trickle from a single tap, hidden away from all but the curious; the Regency assembly rooms are the scene of a one-week monster carpet sale; and the crumbled colonnade for water-drinkers houses boutiques called Smarty Pants, Just Bums and Going for Bust ... ”
