This week on the Post we have public baths and washhouses and the immensely important role they played in people's lives in the C20 in tackling the problems of doing the washing and bathing, as discussed in Round About a Penny a Week (1913). Manchester's Victoria Baths opened in 1906 ("the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country”) and offered tiered pricing for Males 1st Class, Males 2nd Class, and Females to swim or have a bath in extremely grand, ornate surroundings.