Jason Cobb, a lido enthusiast, cyclist, photographer and author of of a blog called the Onion Bag Blog takes in Brockwell, the Serpentine, London Fields and...
2003
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 1, 2008 8:11 am
Photographer Gigi Cifali has shot a series of photos entitled "Absence of Water" which includes both indoor and outdoor pools. I am not a photography historian...
2004
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 1, 2008 8:18 am
"Drained London" also provides a link to Cifali's photos with quotes from J.G. Ballard on pools around the world. http://www.ballardian.com/drained-london...
2005
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 1, 2008 8:48 am
Cottenham Pool in Cambridgeshire is currently struggling with a lack of lifeguards and consequently having to close the pools on some days. If you can help in...
2006
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 1, 2008 4:35 pm
Chipping Norton Lido is offering free summer evening sessions to young people aged 11 - 18 years on Tuesdays during June, July and August. The sessions are...
2008
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 1, 2008 11:12 pm
Broomhill Pool has been vandalized again, this time with people breaking in to the changing rooms underneath the pool and smashing one of the glass portholes. ...
2009
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 2, 2008 6:26 am
... Sorry for this junk mail - I have temporarily suspended Jason's membership & it looks as though someone has hacked into his hotmail account. Oliver Oliver...
2010
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 3, 2008 6:32 am
In reply to my question about the the Identification of New Bathing Waters (if a site is on private land and/or a local authority is not prepared to make an...
2011
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 5, 2008 8:12 am
Southwark Lido will be "an exciting temporary lido, being created by acclaimed French architecture collective EXYZT and filmmaker Sara Muzio, will appear on...
2012
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 7, 2008 9:04 am
Eileen Silcocks, from Gourock, Scotland, wrote to Oliver: After hearing about recent books on open-air swimming, I came across your website, and it prompted me...
2013
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 10, 2008 8:55 am
Welcome to Nigel Hunt, who lives in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. He writes: "I am campaigning to have the Rivacre Valley Open Air Baths re-built here in Ellesmere...
2014
broomhillsaved
Jul 10, 2008 11:29 am
I have received the following message from Bob O'Neill who has been campaigning for many years to save the Kings Meadow Baths in Reading:- Hi I am writing to...
2015
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 10, 2008 11:40 am
This is the complete link for the article from the Reading newspaper which gives you the chance to both vote and comment on the future of the Kings Meadow...
2017
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 11, 2008 8:02 am
Welcome to Luigi 'Gigi' Cifali, who lives in Tufnell Park, London. Oliver He writes: "I used to live close to a wonderful pool now demolished called Hornsey ...
2018
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 12, 2008 12:22 pm
Over the past year or more a company has been working with Cambridge City Council on the future of Jesus Green (park), and also the outdoor swimming pool....
2019
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 12, 2008 5:04 pm
This is a blog from someone called Monica with a description of a swim in the Peterborough Lido as far as I can tell. ...
2020
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 13, 2008 4:36 pm
Lido blog about the Clifton Lido in Bristol that I haven't come across before. Click on "older post" each time if you want to read about all the preparations....
2021
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 15, 2008 10:06 am
The Outdoor Pool at Addlestone Leisure Centre, Surrey, will not be open this summer, while new funding sources are being sought. Oliver Here's some familiar...
2022
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 15, 2008 10:55 pm
If your swimming pool or lido plays a part in school sport at all, then do consider entering the 2008 School Sport Matters Awards run by the Daily Telegraph...
2023
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 19, 2008 10:00 pm
I thought the Lidos Group would like to know that campaigners for a junior school pool (the Gayton Community Junior School Pool) have won an amazing David and...
2024
bobholman84
Jul 20, 2008 6:44 am
Dave and I are now embarking on the final stages of our lido challenge to swim a mile in every open public UK lido. There were 98 listed in Janet Smith's...
2025
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 20, 2008 12:47 pm
Journalist Tom de Castella reviews both Kate Rew's book (Wild Swim) and Daniel Start's book "Wild Swimming" and pays tribute to the writer Roger Deakin, the...
2026
Peter Stechman
bty50471
Jul 20, 2008 12:54 pm
Dear Oliver Lido film watchers may have missed the fascinating programme shown on BB4 9pm on Wed 16 July. Rosie Newman's Scottish travels and colour film in...
2027
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 21, 2008 7:19 am
Construction has started on the renovation of Uxbridge Lido (1935) & associated new indoor pools, in West London, see ...
2028
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 21, 2008 8:26 am
Yes, I caught this on BBC4 too. You can watch it again, with BBC iPlayer see http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cl57m The lido shown is at North Berwick...
2029
broomhillsaved
Jul 21, 2008 8:27 am
When Broomhill was open I remember swallows, swifts(?) swooping down again and again over the open water (they had a 55 yard "runway") and since its been...
2030
Sally Wainman
broomhillsaved
Jul 22, 2008 8:13 am
The sea water Rock Pool in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland has re-opened after a health scare over e-coli proved unfounded. The Friends of the Rock...
2031
christopher evans
thomasne14le
Jul 22, 2008 10:17 am
Can any one find out about the Rock Pool Newcastle upon Tyne at Wiley Bay! ... From: Sally Wainman <broomhillsaved@...> To:...
2032
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 26, 2008 8:51 am
Jez Stevens wrote to Oliver on 25 July 2008 ... http://www.hilsea-lido.co.uk Its future may be uncertain but memories of Hilsea Lido will live on thanks to a...
2033
Oliver Merrington
lidos_org_uk
Jul 26, 2008 9:24 am
... There is a tidal pool at Table Rocks, Cullercoats, near Tynemouth which is 66 ft by 48 ft (or 19m by 14m) with a depth of approximatly 1.4 metres. For its...
