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a few additions Prestwick b 1930-31 Closed 1972 Troon b 1931 Closed 1986 Butlins Ayr Buckie b1933...
Ian Gordon
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Jul 1, 2004
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Great to see such a long list.is it more evidence that the ever wise Scotts understood better than we that cold water swimming is really beneficial to your...
mary cane
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Jul 1, 2004
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... maybe wrong According to the leaflet available from the pool it was originally opened in 1909 but rebuilt in it's current form in 1935. Additionally it's...
Graham
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Jul 1, 2004
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I took part in the midnight swim at Gourock on Saturday. It was enjoyable even if the attendance was disappointing. Click here for the story and a photo: ...
Graham
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Jul 5, 2004
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... If not ... list ... The many internet sites detailing Bultlins history indicate that the large outdoor pool at Ayr had fountains at both ends and was ...
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Jul 5, 2004
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Also please see Butlins memories link on www.soyouwantto.co.uk also other enquiries can be made on www.soyouwantto.co.uk/forum Anne Jessel ... From:...
Anne Jessel
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Jul 6, 2004
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Here is last month's too......... packed with useful information!! Oliver ... about ... again ... on ... Trust ... and ... 020 ... info ... structural ... of ...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 6, 2004
9:39 pm
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We welcome Greg McNeill from the London Pools Campaign (he lives in Stoke Newington, N16) and Roger Houghton in Bath. You will have seen Roger's recent emails...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 8, 2004
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I was planning to visit this outdoor pool tomorrow, but apparently it's currently closed for health and safety reasons. This is because of dust and the other...
ach39310
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Jul 9, 2004
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Bill M. wrote to Oliver on Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:53 PM...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 11, 2004
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This outdoor pool has failed a health & safety inspection, so will not be opening as planned for the summer holidays this year. It is still the official...
ach39310
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Jul 12, 2004
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Hiya folks, Adam has contacted me about The Great Swim #5 - 2004. This year they are planning to go to: Thursday 5th August - Travel up to Norfolk Friday 6th -...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 16, 2004
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A eight-page feature on the 50 Best Swimming Pools (indoor, outdoor & in hotels) and swimming places in the UK, by Jane Peyton, was published in "The...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 20, 2004
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I was asked for a list of my personal favorite lidos back in March, and some photos a week or so before publication. This was my only involvement with this...
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Jul 20, 2004
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... Harry , ... was left ... constructed. The ... and the ... buildings ... interested. ... The pool ... Original ... trout farm ... Bath Archives have a copy...
Roger Houghton
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Jul 20, 2004
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There should hopefully be an article about the bathing ponds on the local BBC1 news tonight between 18:30-19:00. I don't really know what it will be about,...
ach39310
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Jul 20, 2004
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Financial Times Weekend 17/18th July on the FT Last Word page (W20) had an article/photograph on Lidos written by Harry Eyres. His regular contribution is...
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Jul 23, 2004
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The main pool is now open with the season this year being 24 July - 31 August (& thus the shortest in the land that I know of) and the opening hours 11:00 -...
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Jul 27, 2004
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... from ... never ... the ... Shropshire. Also to Martin Spink, who lives in Clacton-on-Sea and is the Manager of ... certainly enjoy ... near Brighton. ... ...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 28, 2004
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[This relates to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/272 and http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/274 - Oliver.] From the Reading Evening...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 28, 2004
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The presenter of the superb "Swimming in the Rain" documentary about lidos from 1993. Does anyone know anything about her? She seemed to be a real lidos...
Graham
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Jul 28, 2004
10:57 pm
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Pittenweem I was in Fife on Saturday and decided (against my better judgement) to go for a snorkel in the old outdoor pool. I have very vague memories of ...
Graham
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Jul 28, 2004
10:58 pm
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The Mens Bathing Pond at Hampstead/Highgate has been closed from today due to a reoccurrence of the blue/green algae. It had been hoped that the problem was...
jason hale
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Jul 29, 2004
8:38 am
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thanks for that. do you know what the extended hours are for the mixed pond? this will mean with parliament hill shut early on september the sixth that the two...
simon sherwood
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Jul 29, 2004
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There is now a draft planning brief for this site, which includes not only the outdoor swimming pool, but also a Grade II listed building & car parks. This is...
ach39310
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Jul 29, 2004
4:01 pm
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Welcome to Andrew Stevenson who lives in Manchester. ... Regards, Oliver PS Good to see Griff Rhys Jones visiting Tinside Lido in Plymouth and extolling the...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 30, 2004
7:19 am
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... I will refer him to our earlier messages to this Yahoo Group on the ones in Paris, but if anyone knows of others I will forward any emails to him. Oliver...
Oliver Merrington
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Jul 30, 2004
10:19 am
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Oliver Merrington <oliver@... depends what you mean by floating lido. lucerne has a floating swimming complex but most people dive off it and swim...
simon sherwood
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Jul 30, 2004
12:07 pm
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The mixed pond has now adapted to mens pond closing time which til mid August is 8.15. From 16 August 7.15pm. ...and as from next year once the controversial...
jason hale
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Jul 30, 2004
12:36 pm
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I have made enquiries how to get copies of the 50 Best Pools article that was published by the independent a few weeks ago. You can purchase back copies of The...
jason hale
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Jul 30, 2004
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