Muvver's Ruin.....

For a while the (Hydroapthic )movement, in the form of large curative institutions known as the ‘hydros’, flourished, thanks in no small measure to the commitment to temperance within its therapeutic regime. But it was to mutate, with cure downgraded, and temperance abandoned, at the majority of hydros which became instead centres for good company and cuisine, amusement and exercise. 


"A fading movement: hydropathy at the Scottish Hydros 1840-1939" - Journal of Tourism History.  Vol 4 Issue 1.  A Drurie.


So much so that Peebles Hydro now has its own dedicated Gin Bar, serving a very wide range of gins.      Ah, what would the Victorians say?