A year after the final swimmers dried themselves off and trudged out of Coseley baths, a barren landscape is all that remains where the building once stood.

Braving bitter winds and drizzling rain, more than 50 Coseley residents turned out to say an bittersweet final goodbye to their beloved baths.

Every picture tells a story – and for residents in Coseley, these images chronicle the heartbreaking end of their beloved swimming baths.

Four decades of history were being brought crashing to the ground today as demolition started at Coseley baths.

It is the sight residents in Coseley hoped they would never see. But heavy machinery has now moved in to reduce Coseley baths to rubble.

Bulldozers will move in to knock down Coseley Baths this week, reducing the building to rubble after more than four decades.

Crestfallen campaigners have all but thrown in the towel in the fight to save Coseley baths after they were refused funding to launch legal action.

Condemned Coseley baths entered its final chapter today as contractors appointed to demolish the building moved onto the site.

An investigation has cleared Dudley Council of blame over claims it started demolition work at Coseley baths before permission to reduce the building to rubble had been granted.

Heritage bosses are considering whether to grant condemned Coseley baths listed status, a move which could block council plans to demolish the building.