Langley Baths mosaic is preserved and ready to go by campaign group
Here are the latest pictures of a mural which stood as a symbol of the 1960s Langley Swimming Baths in Oldbury but which is now bset to be preserved elsewhere in the Black Country
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A Facebook group called Save the Albright Mural at Langley Baths has now moved the historic piece to Dudley firm Titanium Techniques where it has been scaled down, restored and preserved until it can find a permanent home.
Langley Swimming Baths was demolished when the Sandwell Aquatics Centre was developed and a campaign launched to keep the distinctive mosaic depicting fish, mermaids and the Greek god of the ocean Posiedon, It was funded by Alright and Wilson and created by children from nearby Albright Boys School.
Clive Heywood from the group said there had been a lot of work gone into preparing the mural for when it finds a permanent home.
He said: " We have had to 'skin' the bricks down to about three cms depth to remove a lot of weight and enable it to be wall mounted.
" The Mermaid Mosaic was facing downwards for quite a while but recently we turned it over to remind people of its beauty and have had a quite a lot of interested visitors come to see it but we are still looking for a permanent home for it."
To follow it's progress, view the mural and suggest destinations, go to Save the Mermaid Mosaic window from Langley Baths | Facebook
