Residents have called for an inquest following the closure of Manningham baths.
The grade II listed building closed it's doors for the final time on Friday night due to Bradford Council's decision to cut costs.
However, the decision was made without the completing consultation exercise that had been promised.
The council took the decision in order to save in the region of £120,000 a year, as part of a £30m cuts package.
The council said the historic pool would need 'significant investment' to stay open.
Original plans to expand the baths failed to materialise a few years ago.
And local residents have been left outraged and upset with the cost cutting measure which has left the community devastated.
One campaigner told BCB reporter Raz Mirza: "What they really need to know, what they need to hear...the people of Manningham, let me tell you, when the people of Manningham speak, the whole of Bradford speaks."
The baths were designed by Bradford architect Frederick Edwards, and opened in 1904.
There are more than 50 listed Victorian and Edwardian pool in the country but there are now only 13 in use after the building on Carlisle Road was shut.
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