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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 504

Shandon Hydropathic Co. Ltd., £5 shares, fully paid, 18(94), blue, ink stain at right edge, small split in centre, about very fine. Opened in 1880 after having acquired the private house of shipbuilder Robert Napier on his death in 1876. The company offered a salt water swimming baths, Turkish baths and lots of sporting activities. The hydro survived until the outbreak of war in 1939 when the house was requisitioned by the army. Estimate £ 40-50

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