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1764
Southlands Lido is now owned by Virgin Active, http://www.virginactive.co.uk/ the health and fitness group, who acquired Holmes Place's UK business (47 clubs)...
Oliver Merrington
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Oct 2, 2007
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1765
A new economic feasibility study is to be carried out into the future of the disused Tarlair swimming pool complex, with a whole raft of suggestions on offer....
Sally Wainman
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Oct 3, 2007
10:02 am
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The use of Heatsavr "liquid" pool covers is being looked at by Oxford City Council and could be suitable for both indoor pools and for open air pools like...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 3, 2007
10:40 am
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The Hearsavr website says that this has been used since 1991, but have personally never heard about this before today. If this is a good product then it could...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 3, 2007
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By chance I was approached last month by a UK distributor of Heatsavr, Peter Marshall petermarshall@... so I have forwarded Sally's questions to...
Oliver Merrington
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Oct 3, 2007
12:23 pm
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Sadly the Tarlair complex is also in the news after a serious attack of vandalism. http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1843...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 3, 2007
12:27 pm
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Peter Marshall from www.heatsaver.co.uk has just sent me the following on the safety of their product Heatsavr. However this still doesn't answer Sally's...
Oliver Merrington
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Oct 4, 2007
6:59 am
1771
Oliver points below to a site enumerating Swiss pools. One of the finest which combines a wide 50m pool and separate diving pool is the 'badi' at Flawil in...
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Oct 8, 2007
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Eric Simpson wrote to Oliver: On Scottish open air pools, you'll find an article by me in the [Aberdeen-based] Leopard magazine on the web under "Pools of...
Oliver Merrington
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Oct 9, 2007
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1773
James Sharpe's film "The Pool" has been selected to air on Channel 4's website "Four Docs". The 5 minute short film is a touching tribute to the Broomhill Pool...
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Oct 9, 2007
4:51 pm
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Lidos featured on National Television this Sunday! Tune in to Countryfile on BBC One at 11:00am this Sunday morning, October 14th, for a programme entitled the...
Martin Nixon
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Oct 10, 2007
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1775
The draft of the new London Swimming Strategy is available, 'London Swimming' has launched it strategy document, a draft is available here:...
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Oct 10, 2007
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Page 23 of this 3.3MB document features London Swimming's pronouncements on lidos: London Swimming will support the year round opening of lidos using renewable...
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Oct 11, 2007
6:01 pm
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I have some more details on this pool. This pool officially opened on 26 June 1925 to provide the town's first formal swimming pool. It was also a modern...
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Oct 13, 2007
9:52 am
1778
Just a reminder that Countryfile is on, in just over an hour, at 11am and that part of the programme will be devoted to "The Great British Lido"...
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Oct 14, 2007
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Well done Janet and everyone else who took part to highlight the achievements at Jubilee and Tinside; i feel sure that lidos have made it onto the ASA London...
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Oct 14, 2007
12:07 pm
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I'm not so enthusiastic about the report. Any coverage is better than nothing but..... We only got to see the nice shiny bits of Tinside. No mention of the ...
Tim
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Oct 14, 2007
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1781
Kate Spicer's swim to the Isle of Wight and dance on stage at the Bestival festival. ...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 14, 2007
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1782
Tim told me about Splash Diving, but I didn't realise it meant literally! Here is a video clip on this sport: apparently it needs a 10 metre board? (there may...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 15, 2007
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Tim makes a fair point. Even as a participant, I would say this was a very, very soft feature with no real 'thesis' to it. No-one from the respective councils...
Janet Smith
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Oct 15, 2007
2:20 pm
1784
Hi I am still lookking bfor photos of the upper deckm pool at hampton court surrey If anyone has any could you let me know thanks...
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Oct 16, 2007
11:31 am
1785
After discussions lasting nearly 10 years, Hillingdon Council have received the go-ahead to build a new indoor Olympic pool next to the Uxbridge Lido. This...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 16, 2007
8:13 pm
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Page 13 of this Hillingdon Council 2006 magazine gives details of the Uxbridge Lido restoration and some nice pictures! The lido restoration will now go hand...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 16, 2007
10:58 pm
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The main eyecatcher in the article is of a diver yet the new super pool does not appear to have any diving facility....or water polo...... or synchro..... What...
Tim
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Oct 17, 2007
8:21 pm
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I know Tim; I did notice this time, that what you had said was true: lidos are particularly represented by wonderful diving pictures and yet this very rarely...
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Oct 17, 2007
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The East Anglian Daily Times flags up Channel Four's interest in The Pool and the online version of the newspaper provides the video! ...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 18, 2007
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The possible re-opening of Wood Green pool in Banbury moved a step closer this week; the working party that has been investigating repair and running costs,...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 20, 2007
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Steve's journal on Hendy is turning up some wonderful details of the pool's opening and general history: see the entry for October 17th 2007 particularly. It's...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 25, 2007
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1792
The World Winter Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec is now publicized on the Nederlands Open Water Web,( which advertises: cold, wind,...
Sally Wainman
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Oct 27, 2007
8:55 am
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There is an article on the benefits of cold water swimming in the November 2007 edition of "Coast" magazine....
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Oct 27, 2007
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