A warm welcome to David Borland, our newest member. He writes: "I live in Eltham near the the Park where there the old Lido is and I just wanted to join...
Welcome to our newest member, Sharon Harlow, who is based in Marolles-en-Hurepoix in France. She writes: "I discovered your very interesting and informative...
i was one of the last swimmers at the glorious southampton lido, closed 1976/7. this was mixed sex. there were two smaller indoor pool (single sex) outside the...
Peter H wrote a while back about the open air pools from the Lakes down to Carlisle, said to have been built to prevent the frequent drownings in the River...
was going to go there for a swim. does anyone know if it is closed for the refurbishment yet?...
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Duncan Paul
paul.duncan@...
Nov 6, 2003 8:34 am
No It is currently open between 7am and 10am, and as of this morning, the water temperature was 47 degrees Fahrenheit. The refurbishment is scheduled to start...
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AlexBuxton@...
Nov 6, 2003 9:55 am
The water in the River Cam, where members of the Newnham Riverbank Club swim all year round and welcome visitors, is 50 degrees F!...
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mary cane
mcane@...
Nov 6, 2003 1:11 pm
Hi Alex, if a part7y of winter swimmers from Kenwood Ladies Pond would like to visit can you give directions and hours of opening/Access? Please? Regards Mary...
According to http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Mayo/CoDev/Swimpool.htm there are outdoor pools in the following locations:- Ballyhaunis Belmullet Charlestown Kilmovee...
Anyone know which lidos are going to be open over Christmas and New Year? Topsham is always open on New Year's Day and I believe that Sanford Parks may be open...
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mary cane
mcane@...
Nov 7, 2003 10:21 am
Men's and Ladies' Ponds should be open on Hampstead Heath BUT this year won't be open until 8am. Probably a good idea to check because both have events at this...
you say in lake itself not the lido. as a new-ish serpentine swimmer i am still not clear whether the lido is just roped off lake. there seems to be some sort...
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AlexBuxton@...
Nov 7, 2003 10:44 am
Simon Sherwood wants somewhere to swim near Oxford, I think. What about Tumbling Bay on the Thames - if he fancies a river - not much different to the ...
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mary cane
mcane@...
Nov 7, 2003 4:31 pm
Please can we have directions for Tumbling Bay a winter swimmer was asking for places near Oxford as she is moving there next year. Thanks Mary Mary Cane ... ...
A warm welcome to two new members. Toby Jacobs, who has researched Purley Way Lido (email to follow) in Croydon, which he used to go to as a child and spent...
Hi there, Ken Worpole, lecturer and author of "Here Comes the Sun: architecture and public space in 20th century European culture" (Reaktion Books, 2000) has ...
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mary cane
mcane@...
Nov 9, 2003 6:14 pm
What a treat, thanks Ken! Is the first Lido in your lovely pictures open in winter? We are trying to find a swimming place with a safe method of breaking the...
This was indeed surely one of the true "wonder pools" of the UK. It opened in 1935 (at the same time as the outdoor pool in Ramsgate) and cost £15600. The...
was a bit worried by your HSE stuff. will this have implications for serpentine swimmers this year? i'm not aware of any communication from the royal parks yet...
I have a couple of suggestions for collating information that might be useful for winter swimmers. It might be a good idea to start a list of those places...
John Piggott <selamat48@...> wrote on 10 November 2003 ... there ... Of course I'd be happy to host a webpage on this. Please send the information to...
Hi Graham Sorry for the delay in responding to your question relating to Christmas and New Years Day swimming at Sandford Parks Lido. The very issue of festive...
For some time I only have had a small entry on my webpage on "Other open-air swimming pools" about the outdoor pool at Newbury, Northcroft Leisure Centre. ...
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mary cane
mcane@...
Nov 13, 2003 11:30 am
Can anyone help me please with the above question. Thanks Mary Cane...
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Duncan Paul
paul.duncan@...
Nov 13, 2003 11:48 am
No There are lifeguards on duty during the winter season, when the South London Swimming Club has exclusive use of the pool. The club pays DC Leisure Limited...
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mary cane
mcane@...
Nov 13, 2003 12:13 pm
Brilliant, thanks Mary Cane ... From: Duncan Paul [mailto:paul.duncan@...] Sent: 13 November 2003 11:48 To: 'lidos@...' Subject: RE:...
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Ian Gordon
ian.gordon14@...
Nov 13, 2003 7:45 pm
The pool was first built in 1870 to design of B.Sargeant and builder D.Weston. Originally Two pools 156ft x 39ft and 84ft x 39ft it was enlarged in 1914 ,...
