Jane has now said I can forward this to the Lidos Yahoo Group. Hilsea Lido opened in 1935 and is 220 ft (67m) long, unheated. Oliver Sally - please mention...
Very glad you are pleased, Jane, with the reprieve for Hilsea Lido; will be updating Pooling Resources this weekend, when I've had a chance to recover from the...
Mike Barrett wrote to Oliver on 4 May 2007: Some news about Worthing Lido - the developers of the Ambassador bowling alley and car park opposite Worthing Lido...
This year I stood in the Castle Hill Ward in Ipswich, which is one of the areas closest to the lido. Altogether five candidates were canvassing here and the...
Good news about Droitwich after many years of hard campaigning: Linda Watkins and many others have worked their socks off to save this lido from demolition,...
FYI for the list of open lidos, Hathersage opened 31st March and is open until 29th September Websites www.hathersage.org.uk or www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk ...
sue taylor
suetaylorben@...
May 6, 2007 6:27 pm
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Gillian Wells writes: "I wanted to respond to an enquiry about the Mothecombe pool from a member of the Lidos Yahoo group. It is indeed a tidal pool and as...
In connection with her Swim' In London project, see http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/1449 Rita Martelo writes: Dear Members, I am pleased to...
I've found two items on the web - Oliver. 1) from Hastings Borough Council website: Cabinet meeting: 30th April 2007 See http://tinyurl.com/2cx4uc for full...
The council seem to be claiming that the lido would block people's views, whereas the six storey apartments wouldn't!! I would urgently find out when the full...
Daily Telegraph: 14th May 2007 Page Three has an article entitled:- "Depressed? A walk in the country may beat taking pills" by Amy Igguiden. Researchers have...
I have many reservations about these proposals; running a swimming pool, for example, is a huge commitment to take on; health and safety, the high risk of...
There is an unsigned book review in the latest issue (2007 May 12, page 95) of 'The Economist' of 'Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in...
No no go for it, plenty of help out there, can be wonderful! Mary _____ From: lidos@... [mailto:lidos@...] On Behalf Of Sally...
Mary Cane
mcane@...
May 15, 2007 8:14 pm
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Review in The Washington Post by John L. Jackson Jr. Most of us use swimming pools to get away from the toils and tensions of life. Purposeful breast strokes...
Oliver, please pass this onto Lesley, Peter Lesley, I have recently joined the Management Team at Hampton outdoor pool and following your request have been...
I haven't come across Wiltse's book yet, but I have seen his thesis (Jeffrey Wiltse, “Contested Waters: a History of Swimming pools in America,” PhD,...
If you really want to see how an outdoor pool can be run for all the Community, then see the attached poster for the Hampton Heated Outdoor Pool 2007 Summer...
Peter Stechman
peter.stechman@...
May 17, 2007 8:02 pm
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Please see attached report from the "Thames Valley Times" of 28 June 1922 regarding the Grand Opening Day at the Hampton Bath, Hampton. Peter Stechman...
... 1) Rosehearty - did once have an outdoor tidal pool but it has been filled-in, postcard shows how it once looked. - see attached file (bmp) 2) For memories...
Last year Ipswich Borough Council asked Sport and Leisure Consultants, Torkildsen Barclay, to write a report entitled Ipswich Swimming Facility Needs...
Torkildsen Barclay were the consultants employed by Lambeth Council in 2001 to report on the long-term future of Brockwell Park Lido, an open air facility of...
On May 18th the Telegraph carried a feature entitled "How walking steals a march on Prozac" written by columnist Jan Etherington. She was commenting on the...
