How Britain can cool off
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In the mid-1800s, the rooms at Brighton’s Grand Hotel had three taps: hot, cold, and seawater. At that time, the ocean was considered a tonic for all ailments: leprosy, rickets, bronchitis – even cancer and “female complaints”. Brits flocked coastwards not only to eat ice cream and enjoy the sun, but to take in “the water cure”. Seaside hospitals and sanitoriums, like the Royal Victoria Hospital in Bournemouth, offered and promoted sea bathing. Throughout the 19th century, lidos and tide pools w
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