▁opened ▁in ▁the ▁adjacent ▁Hand sw orth ▁Park . ▁ ▁B ourn ville ▁Lane ▁Bath s ▁were ▁unusual ▁in ▁that ▁they ▁featured ▁an ▁aer ation ▁and ▁fil tr ation ▁system ▁for ▁the ▁water ▁which ▁was ▁extracted ▁from ▁a ▁main s ▁supply . ▁This ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁bath s ▁did ▁not ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁em pt ied ▁and ▁re filled . ▁This ▁system ▁was ▁modern ▁and ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁later ▁installed ▁in ▁all ▁sw imming ▁bath s ▁controlled ▁by ▁local ▁authorities ▁meaning ▁that ▁King ' s ▁N orton ▁and ▁North field ▁District ▁Council ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁local ▁authority ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁to ▁use ▁such ▁a ▁system . ▁The ▁Bath s ▁were ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁to ▁a ▁design ▁by ▁John ▁P . ▁Os bor ne . ▁The ▁building ▁is ▁Gra de ▁II ▁listed . ▁ ▁Post ▁war ▁committee ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁the ▁committee ▁were ▁faced ▁with ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁modern ising ▁and ▁re construct ing ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁bath s . ▁Kent ▁Street ▁Bath s , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁bath ing ▁facility ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁had ▁been ▁seriously ▁dam aged ▁by ▁a ▁night ▁ra id ▁and ▁action ▁by ▁the ▁committee ▁was ▁immediately ▁taken ▁to ▁repair ▁it . ▁Several ▁other ▁bath s ▁had ▁suffer ▁light ▁damage ▁from ▁bomb ing ▁ra ids ▁and ▁needed ▁repair ▁work . ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁bath s ▁were ▁modern ised ▁with ▁the ▁installation ▁of ▁new ▁light ing ▁which ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁roof ▁and ▁inside ▁the ▁pool ▁itself . ▁Ac oust