Tom Ferrie, who has left London and is currently travelling in the Far East, sent me some of his excellent lido photographs some months ago. See my Flickr site...
For those in the Leicester area who are longing for outdoor swimming, a new health club with a decent sized outdoor pool has just opened in Narborough. The...
My mother just sent me a cutting from The Times, 28 July 2006. It's a Letter from the Park Manager of Hyde Park, about the Serpentine and its Lido. ...
Welcome to Kate Rew, who is a journalist and a founding member of the Outdoor Swimming Society. She writes: "I've set up a few charity swims this year for...
There was a nice article in Saturday's Independent Travel Section featuring pool/river/sea bathing in France. It mentioned decent sounding public pools in...
Kate Rew, who lives in West London, writes: "Thanks for the welcome Oliver! I fell in love with outdoor pools in Tooting Bec a few years ago - I hadn't been...
Just a quick report to say that the Tooting Bec Lido Centenary Film Festival - also known as Dive-In Movies - went off fabulously over the weekend. We sold out...
Well done Janet! Lidos are now part of the Woman's Weekly world, with an article entitled "Loving Lidos" - Janet Horwood. Page 33 Pictures of Parliament Hill...
I understand that the delayed Sunday Times magazine article is now due to appear on 13 August. Janet ======================================== Message Received:...
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Ten years ago Colin Osborne was told he had three months to live, after being diagnosed with testicular cancer; determined to fight for his own survival and...
Dominik Steinhauer wrote to Oliver on 6 August 2006: "I am a Nottingham resident and I found your interesting page with all the "potentially reopenable" Lidos...
Brockwell Park Lido features as Building of the Month on the Twentieth Century Society website: http://www.c20society.org.uk/ Beautiful picture of Brockwell...
Clive Jones wrote to Oliver: "Some promising news from the West of England. 1. The Clifton Victoria Baths in Bristol will be reopening soon, albeit as a ...
and for those that like warmer water I see that the Bath Spa pool complex finally opened yesterday. Clare Oliver Merrington <oliver@...> wrote: Clive...
Laura, I've just uploaded a document to the 'Files' section of the website with some information (and sources) about the Kingfishers' Pool at Woodford Green. I...
Oh wonderful memories, the slide and fountain one could sit in. My mum and Dad did their courting there. It was actually in Oak Hill close to the boundary...
Campaigners for daventry should be on itv anglia news tonight - 09/08/06 anglia news is divided into "west" and "east" with daventry and peterborough pools...
Reporter Christopher Hudson reviews the Great Lido Revival in a lavish six page spread entitled "You shall go to the pool." Beautiful colour photos of various...
TriTalk is the website for all those interested in the triathlon: the home page describes it as a complete UK triathlon resource, providing both information...
For immediate use 17 August 2006 Campaigners call for national pools federation The conference report from 'Making a Splash: the national pool campaigners'...
There is now a copy of this document (1.2 MB PDF) in the Files area. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/files/ Well worth reading! Thanks, Ann. Oliver...
Dear All, I opened the East Anglian Daily Times today and saw "Best- selling naturalist author dies, aged 63" as one of the headlines. A picture of Roger...
This is terrible news. Wherever I went when I was researching Liquid Assets, people would ask: Have you read Waterlog? The book is a real vade mecum for anyone...
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I agree with Janet that this is such a terribly sad loss. Walking through Cambridge one day just after Waterlog had come out I saw a blackboard outside...
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Dear Janet, Waterlog has been so much loved by Ladies Pond Swimmers. I wrote to Roger tell him how much we loved it,and he invited a group of us to swim in his...
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Mary and Alex have sent wonderful recollections of Roger. The very natural person who shines through the pages of Waterlog seems to have been just that - or,...
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EADT Suffolk Magazine - Aug 2006 Edition - containing a 44 page supplement called Ipswich Reborn. This Ipswich Reborn supplement makes impressive reading,...
BPT interviews talented Ipswich born film director James Sharpe BPT: James, not everyone is aware of your achievements. Can you tell us about your successes...
Also this obituary in today's Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2324451,00.html Janet ======================================== Message...
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Today as a way of remembering Roger Deakin I did something I have always wanted to do - swam in the Septentine in Hyde Park. It was wonderful and quite amazing...
