▁A ux ili ary ▁Fire ▁Service ▁asked ▁for ▁the ▁pool ▁to ▁be ▁kept ▁full ▁for ▁use ▁when ▁dealing ▁with ▁air ▁ra id ▁damage . ▁The ▁Council ▁decided ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁po ols ▁open ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁and ▁adapted ▁the ▁po ols ▁for ▁Fire ▁Brigade ▁p umps . ▁ ▁A ▁short age ▁of ▁to w els ▁during ▁war - time ▁with ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁was t age , ▁sus pected ▁to ▁be ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁the ft , ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁ 5 s ▁depos it ▁per ▁to wel . ▁ ▁Post ▁war ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁the ▁Council ▁decided ▁to ▁allow ▁mixed ▁bath ing ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁Bor ough ' s ▁po ols . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁the ▁d ances ▁res umed ▁with ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁popular ▁bands ▁playing ▁at ▁the ▁Bath s ▁including ▁the ▁Ted ▁He ath ▁Band ▁and ▁Bert ▁G uts all ▁and ▁his ▁Orchestra . ▁The ▁Bath s ' ▁grand ▁piano ▁was ▁replaced ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁with ▁a ▁second ▁hand ▁Wel mar ▁bou do ir ▁grand . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁the ▁Council ▁promoted ▁official ▁' C arn ival ' ▁d ances ▁for ▁Christmas ▁E ve , ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁E ve , ▁and ▁St ▁Patrick ' s ▁Day , ▁with ▁numbers ▁limited ▁to ▁ 5 5 0 ▁at ▁a ▁function . ▁ ▁Modern ▁ref urb ishment ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁the ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁D