7/15/2019

Manutahi Memorial Baths 1947

Just about every little town in New Zealand has a memorial to the lives lost in 
wars, especially WWI. They were built in many different forms. If you click on this sentence, it will take you to a page that explains their diversity.

Along with many other small towns, Manutahi chose to build a memorial bath. The squares on the front wall listed names of those who gave their lives in the
first world war but they were vandalized and have since been moved to a place of prominence in the local cemetery.

The swimming pool baths are still in use.


4 comments:

Veronica Lee said...

So sad that they were vandalized but glad that they have since been moved to a place of prominence in the local cemetery.

Beautiful captures, Betty.



Little Wandering Wren said...

Gosh isn't that interesting? I like the idea that a memorial is something more for a community than a place to write names. I wonder if they have done any research to see if different types of memorials are vandalised more or less. Thank you Betty
Wren x

Nancy Chan said...

Sad so that inconsiderate and irresponsible people chose the vandalized the place.

Amy said...

I'm glad the names were moved to a more important place, I'm betting the baths were probably built in the 1940s by the look of it.