Dear Oliver, I took several photos of the annual Cobo Bay swimmers on Boxing Day. If anyone is interested please let me know. I was fortunate to have had a...
The Lido at Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire has been vandalised for the second time in a week, with quite extensive fire damage to the plastic piping supplying...
An exhibition of photos called "Taking the Plunge" by Ruth Corney will be held at Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG from 15th January - 27th...
During 2008 Broomhill will be marking its 70th Anniversary unfortunately as a closed lido and the sixth year of the campaign (as the pool was closed in the...
Letter from Councillor Roger Symonds (Lib Dem) on the future of the Cleveland Pools, provoking fierce debate in the comments section. 3rd January 2008 ...
A Lifeguard Course will be run during the February half-term from 9th - 14th February at the Regional Pool, Bishop's Road, Peterborough. There is always a need...
Leadbitter has begun work on a £25 million project which will see the restoration of the Uxbridge Lido and a new indoor 50metre pool being built. This is a...
Tonia Carless of the Friends of Portishead Open Air Pool (Avon) has sent me a copy of their 2nd Newsletter - dated 20th January 2008. Oliver Here is the text: ...
Dear Oliver, Following your email in November from the TV film company. I have been told that the feature on the Oasis is to be shown this Thursday, 24 Jan at...
... Sadly this will only be shown in the London region of ITV. Could somebody record it for those of us who live in other regions? Thanks. ... Oh, yes. It may...
The EADT (East Anglian Daily Times) has been doing an ongoing series headed the OBESITY TIMEBOMB and back on January 14th there was a special focus on school...
Dear Peter, writing about the Oasis is a wonderful idea...Why not get the Camden New Journal etc involved in finding elderly swimmers - even I remember a...
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Channel swimmer Edward Williams has set up and launched the Cambridge Swimming Academy www.cambridgeswimmingacademy.co.uk offering expert tuition to people of...
New website for the Tropicana campaign - as the initials are FOOT (Friends of our Tropicana) perhaps you could work in something about your carbon footprint,...
A member of my Pooling Resources group has just informed me to beware of any e-mails telling you that LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL If you open this e-mail you get...
Dear Mary, Thank you for your email, I hope you are well and still in the swim I already am in contact with Dan Carrier at the CNJ and have the wonderful photo...
Dear Peter, May who? Mary PS looking forward to your stories! On Feb 2 2008, lido.swim@... wrote: Dear Mary, Thank you for your email, I hope you...
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The Scout Association is launching its Kids Outdoors Campaign in a bid to improve the time that modern children spend in outdoor activities; they want to raise...
Coverage on the World Winter Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec, this weekend 8th-10th February 2008 http://londonist.com/2008/02/sporting_weeken_25.php...
Many thanks and congratulations to all at the South London Swimming Club for the immense amount of hard work and preparation that went into the 2008 World...
The thanks of the South London Swimming Club also go to wonderful supporters like Sally who gave up her whole week-end to come and act as a marshal for us. The...
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Excellent photos and commentary on Hoffy's blog (Paul Hopfensperger) on the events of the World Winter Swimming Championships - Feb 8th-10th 2008 ...
Cllr David Pasley wrote to Tonia Carless on 14 February 2008: Dear All, Thank you for including me on your email, in the last month, I have tried to assure...
Fifty years ago a group of teachers and pupils from Wotton-Under-Edge volunteered to build a community swimming pool for the town. Half a century later the...
The next meeting of the North Somerset Council is tomorrow 19th Feb 2008 at the Town Hall, Walliscote Road, Weston Super Mare. Supporters of the Portishead...
Janet's book "Liquid Assets - the lidos and open air pools of Britain" gives a list of defunct open-air pools and lidos up to june 2005 and a list of pools...
Kate Hoey MP has sent a message of support to those campaigning for the Broomhill lido in Ipswich "I cannot speak highly enough of the dedicated group of...
SWIMMERS LEFT HIGH AND DRY was the title of the article printed in November 2005 by Kate Hoey concerned about the pool closures taking place all over the...
