Municipal washhouses, known as 'steamies' in Scotland, were once vital places for doing domestic laundry and integral to many women's lives. In Glasgow alone, there were as many twenty steamies; this one is in Govanhill Public Baths (1917, Category B listed) which in 2017 had a 'Talk of the Steamie' exhibition. It, too, is closed for refurbishment but has huge local support;  the 'Save Our Pool' protest in 2001 was the longest occupation of a public building in the UK.