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Borough of
Blackpool.
BYE-LAWS
Made and adopted by the Mayor, Aldermen and
Burgesses, acting by a council as the Urban
Sanitary Authority, with respect to
Bathing Machines
BYE-LAWS.
INTERPRETATION OF
TERMS.
1.
Throughout these bye-laws the expression “the Sanitary Authority " means the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Blackpool, acting by the
Council as the Urban Sanitary Authority, and the expression " the District "
means the Borough of Blackpool.
For
fixing the stands of bathing machines on the seashore or strand, and the limits
within which persons of each sex shall be set down for bathing; and which
persons shall bathe.
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Bathing Machines at Blackpool in the 1890s.
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2. The
several places described or defined in the list hereunto appended shall be the
stands appointed for such number of bathing machines of such class, description,
or construction, and appropriated for the use of persons of such sex as shall in
respect of each of such stands be specified in such list.
List of stands for bathing
machines.
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No.
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Description
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Sex
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1
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Imperial Hotel
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Male.
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2
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Imperial Terrace
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Female
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3
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Lansdowne Crescent
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Male
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4
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Carlton Terrace
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Female
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5
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Brighton Terrace
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Male
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6
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Albert Terrace
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Female
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7
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Clifton Arms Hotel
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Male
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8
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Lane Ends
Hotel
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Female
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9
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Aquarium
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Male
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10
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Hound's Hill.
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Male
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11
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Read's
Baths
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Female
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12
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Wellington Hotel
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Male
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13
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Britannia Place
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Female
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14
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Waterloo
Road
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Male
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15
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Dean Street
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Female
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16
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Beach Shore,
opposite
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Star Hills
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Male
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In
addition to or in substitution for any of the places so appointed as stands for
bathing machines, such place or places as may, from time to time here- after, be
appointed by the Sanitary Authority, and may be described or defined in a notice
or notices painted, printed, or marked in legible letters and figures of such a
colour or in such a manner as to be clearly distinguishable from the colour of
the ground whereon such letters and figures are painted, printed , or marked,
and affixed or set up and continued in some convenient and conspicuous position
in or near to the place or places so appointed, shall be the stand or stands for
such number of bathing machines of such class, description, or construction, and
appropriated for the use of persons of such sex as shall be specified in such
notice or notices.
3. A
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine, stationed on any stand or part of
a stand appointed for machines for the use of persons of the female sex, shall
not cause or allow any such person, who may have hired, or may use such machine
for the purpose of bathing to be set down for such purpose at any place less
distant than fifty yards from any place at which any person of the male sex
above the age of ten years may be set down for such purpose.
4. A
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine, stationed on any stand or part of
a stand appointed for machines for the use of persons of the male sex, shall not
cause or allow any such person above the age of ten years, who may have hired,
or may use such machine for the purpose of bathing, to be set down for such
purpose at any place less distant than fifty yards from any place at which any
person of the female sex may be set down for such purpose.
5. A
person of the female sex shall not, while bathing, approach within fifty yards
of any place at which any person of the male sex, above the age of ten years,
may be set down for the purpose of bathing, or at which any such person may
bathe.
6. A
person of the male sex above the age of ten years shall not, while bathing,
approach within fifty yards of any place at which any person of the female sex
may be set down for the purpose of bathing, or at which any such person may
bathe.
For preventing any indecent exposure of
the persons of the bathers.
7. Every
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine so constructed as to be capable of
being drawn or moved to or from the station occupied by such machine on any
stand, by means of a horse or windlass, or other animal or mechanical power,
shall at all times, when such machine may be hired or used by any person for the
purpose of bathing, cause such machine to be drawn or moved into such a depth of
water, or otherwise into such a position as will prevent any indecent exposure
of any such person, when set down from such machine for the purpose of bathing,
or when bathing from such machine.
8. Every
person of the male sex above the age of ten years who may hire' or use any
bathing machine for the purpose of bathing, or may be set down from such machine
for such purpose, shall at all times, while bathing, wear suitable drawers or
other sufficient dress or covering to prevent indecent exposure of the
person.
9. Every
person of the female sex who may hire or use any bathing machine for the purpose
of bathing, or may be set down from such machine for such purpose, shall, at all
times, while bathing, wear a suitable gown or other sufficient dress or covering
to prevent indecent exposure of the person.
For regulating the manner in which the
bathing machines shall be used, and the charges to be made for the
same.
10. Every
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine stationed on any stand and so
constructed as to be capable of being drawn or moved to or from the station
occupied by such machine on such stand by means of a horse or windlass, or other
animal or mechanical power shall, at all times, when such machine shall require
to be so drawn or moved, cause the same to be drawn or moved with reasonable
expedition and in such a manner as to avoid any improper obstruction of the
shore or strand, or any undue interference with the proper use of any other
machine stationed on any part of such shore or strand.
11. A
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine stationed on any stand shall not,
without reasonable excuse, at any reasonable time when such machine is not hired
or in use for the purpose of bathing, neglect or refuse, upon the application of
any person hiring or seeking to hire such machine for the purpose of bathing, to
cause or allow such machine to be so hired and to be drawn or moved from its
station on such stand to any suitable place whereat any such person may be set
down for the purpose of bathing.
12. Every
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine so constructed as to be capable of
being drawn or moved by hand to or from the station occupied by such machine on
any stand shall, whenever such machine may be hired or used to set down any
person for the purpose of bathing from such machine, cause such machine, from
time to time, as the state of the tide or other occasion may require, to be
drawn or moved to such a position at such a distance from the water as to
provide adequately for the safety and convenience of the person hiring or using
such machine.
13. Every
proprietor or attendant of a bathing machine stationed on any stand shall be
entitled to demand and receive for the use of such machine when hired to set
down any person for the purpose of bathing a sum not exceeding in each case the
charge herein-after prescribed :—
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For
every machine used by any person of the male sex above the age of
ten years: |
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For a time not exceeding half an hour |
6d |
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For every additional half hour or portion
thereof |
6d |
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every machine used by any person of the female sex above the age of
ten years |
| For a time not exceeding half an hour |
6d |
| For every additional half hour or portion
thereof |
6d |
| For every machine used by any person of
the female sex above the age of ten years who shall, while bathing,
require the services of an attendant of such
machine |
| For a time not exceeding half an hour |
6d |
| For every additional half hour or portion
thereof |
6d |
| For every machine used by one child
under the age of ten years and accompanied by an adult person not
being an attendant of such machine |
| For a time not exceeding half an hour |
6d |
| For every additional half hour or portion
thereof |
6d |
| For every machine used by one child
under the age of ten years for whom, while bathing, the services of
an attendant of such machine shall be required |
| For a time not exceeding half an hour |
6d |
| For every additional half an hour or portion
thereof |
6d |
| For every machine used by two or more
children under the age of ten years and accompanied by an adult
person not being an attendant of such machine |
| For every such child for a time not exceeding
half an hour |
3d |
| For every additional half hour or portion
thereof |
3d |
| For every machine used by two or more
children for whom, while bathing, the services of an attendant of
such machine shall be required |
| For every such child, for a time not exceeding
half an hour |
3d |
| For every additional half hour or portion
thereof |
3d |
The several
amounts herein-before prescribed shall include charges for the provision by the
proprietor, and the reasonable use by the bather, of the several articles
specified in the following regulations :-
1. For every person of the male
sex above the age of ten years :—
( a. ) Two clean
towels ;
(b.) One clean pair of
suitable drawers or other clean and sufficient covering to prevent indecent
exposure of the person.
2. For every person of
the female sex above the age of ten years :-
(a.) Two clean towels
;
(b.) One clean gown or
other clean and sufficient dress or covering to prevent indecent exposure of the
person.
3. For every child
under the age of ten years :-- (a.) Two clean towels.
For regulating the
distance at which boats and vessels let to hire for the purpose of sailing or
rowing for pleasure shall be kept from persons bathing within the prescribed
limits.
13. Every person in
charge of any boat or vessel let to hire for the purpose of sailing or rowing
for pleasure, shall, at all times when so sailing or rowing, cause such boat or
vessel to be kept at a distance not less than fifty yards from every person
bathing within the limits within which, in accordance
with the byelaw in that behalf, such person may be
set down for the purpose of bathing or may bathe :
Provided always that this byelaw shall not
apply in any case, in which, in consequence of actual
or threatened danger to life, or of any other
sufficient reason, the person in charge of such boat or
vessel shall not cause such boat or vessel to be kept at the
distance herinbefore
specified from any person bathing within the aforesaid
limits.
Penalties.
14.
Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws, shall be liable for every
such offence to a penalty of forty shillings.
Provided nevertheless, that the justices or
court before whom any complaint may be made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any
such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge the
payment, as a penalty, of any sum less than the full amount
of the penalty imposed by this bye law.
Saving for rights of
Crown.
15.
Nothing in or done under any of the
provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall, in any respect, prejudice, or
injuriously affect the rights and interests of the Crown in the foreshore below
high-water mark.
HENRY PARROTT MAY,
TOWN CLERK.
BYE-LAWS
Made by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of
the
Borough of Blackpool, acting by the Council,
with
respect to
BATHING MACHINES
1.—A person letting or attending a Bathing Machine
shall not cause or allow such Machine to be let for hire on
any Sunday after nine o'clock in the forenoon.
2.—Every person offending against the foregoing
bye-law, shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of
forty shillings. Provided, nevertheless, that the Justices or
Court before whom any complaint may be made or any
proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence, may, if
they think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum
less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this
bye-law.
Given under the Common Seal of the said seal of the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough said
Mayor of Blackpool, this second day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two
HENRY HALL, Mayor.
HENRY PARROTT MAY, Town Clerk.
Allowed by the Local Government Board
this twenty-third day of June, 1882.
J. G. DODSON, President. JOHN LAMBERT, Secretary.
Seal of the
Local
Government
Board.
MAXWELL & Co., Printers, Church Street, Blackpool
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