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Dear Oliver I am getting into my write up of my life swimming and working in pools. It may end up a novel rivalling War & Peace as every time you think of...
I myself have not heard of highbury fields lido but i must mention that the site of this former lido is the site today occupied by highbury pool which is a...
Andrew, Thanks for the comment about Highbury Fields Lido and the many other pools where you have worked. In respect to the Aquatic Audition. When managing the...
My website entry (written by Andy Hoines & I) reads: Address: Highbury Pool, Highbury Crescent, N5 1RR Opened in 1921, with a paddling pool added after WWII....
Peter, that is great for an anecdote.... there must be many more.... Mary On Dec 4 2008, Peter Stechman wrote: Andrew, Thanks for the comment about Highbury...
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IPSWICH EVENING STAR Massive revamp for pools on cards 08 December 2008 | 12:00 A MAJOR bid to give Ipswich's swimming pools a radical makeover is being...
Yep - sounds about right. I found the video on Youtube. It's interesting in that it is being misrepresented. It's not 'youngsters' but adults. One refers to...
Dear Oliver Sorting through my old videos on Lidos I came across an Open Space programme shot in 1993. It was presented by Nicky Cowan who lived in Pitsmore,...
Ipwich Borough Council have said they wish to drain Broomhill Pool, remove the diving boards and fill the pool with foam, in view of health and safety concerns...
[See my previous Message http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2204 or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poolingresources/message/1608 ] In July 2005 a...
I live very near Barking, so this is extremely good news, as pools in general seem to be getting very thin on the ground round here. Simon Wilkes, e-mail, ...
A similar report about the future of Ipswich pools has appeared in the EADT today (December 10th 2008) If Ipswich Borough Council go ahead with their plan to...
Proposals by Ipswich Borough Council to drain Broomhill Pool, remove the diving boards and fill the pool in will come to approx £113,000 Pools Options report:...
Apparently 'granny pools' in Australia are: "large areas of water that are somehow closed off from the strong currents of the Indian Ocean and are consequently...
Following the failure of the heritage lottery bid and the plans to fill in the pool with sand or similar material and to remove the unique diving stages...
Hello, I thought other group members might be interested in knowing about this: Midwinter Swim at Brockwell Lido – Come on in, the water's lovely! Woolly...
Hi Does anyone know if they have reduced the depth of this lido? from recent photos it only looks around six feet deep now. Paul ... From: gethand To:...
They are called tidal pools in Australia. ... _________________________________________________________________ Imagine a life without walls. See the...
Original builders plans show Brockwell Lido as 2'6" (76cm) at the shallow end and 9'0" (2m 74cm)at the deep end. Current signage at the pool says that the...
Articles about the liabilities of owners. professionals and contractors responsible for the care of historic buildings. Bob Kindred is the Borough Conservation...
Former Broomhill Pool lifeguard, James Kindred, asks if the Council are "foaming at the mouth" after Mrs Terry's proposal to fill the lido with foam. ...
"and a young blind swimmer travelled from Essex to swim for over two hours in the 20 degrees C water." and a really super time I had as well, it was well worth...
Dear Oliver, I think Maureen Savage is on the right track in suggesting alternative uses for Lidos that are temporary out of use, mothballed etc and this means...
1. Formal Planning permission will be required. 2. English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society will have to be consulted. 3. There will be considerable...
