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Tooting Bec Lido has for some time allowed a local canoe club to use the pool off-season. I've also seen canoeists at Stroud in Glocs, and Bude in Cornwall. ...
Janet Smith
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Oct 1, 2004 12:46 pm
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To answer my own question - and in case anyone else is interested - I have now found out that Heybrook Bay Lido was a holiday camp near Plymouth. There was...
Janet Smith
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Oct 4, 2004 9:32 am
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Welcome to Beni Hardiman who is currently studying Photography at Falmouth College of Arts. She is about to go into her final year and is doing her...
Hi, I'm currently writing a dissertation on the Lido, I would like to include some anecdotes in the form of memories/experiences about Lidos. For example why...
Have a look at www.soyouwantto.co.uk Feel free to use what may be appropriate Anne (Jessel) ... From: beniineb2002 [mailto:beni_hardiman@...] Sent: 19...
Anne Jessel
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Oct 19, 2004 5:41 pm
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According to recent local newspaper reports, Broxbourne District Council has recently voted to keep my local open air pool open for at least one more season,...
A warm welcome to Jeremy Pender who lives in Southwark. He has just joined the London Pools Campaign http://www.londonpoolscampaign.com/ and would like to...
There will be two open days this week - on Wednesday 27 from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and on Saturday 30 from 12 noon to 5.00 pm. For more information visit the...
Here is the text of a Hackney Council Press Release dated 27 October 2004 (with thanks to London Pools Campaign http://www.londonpoolscampaign.com/ and...
Stories you may have missed....... I was looking for something else, and found these: 1) 1 October 2004 Abandoned pool to be filled in (The lido at Marsden...
I recently had a enquiry from someone wanting to obtain a ... Naturally I passed this to Ian Gordon. Two nice scans of old postcards, from him attached. This...
There are more photographs of Twickenham Lido on this website: Derelict London - photographs by Paul Talling http://www.derelictlondon.com/pools.htm Plus many...
I'm not sure how long they have been on their website (undated) but London Borough of Hillingdon's plans for Uxbridge Lido and the new indoor pool next door...
In addition to these postcards, I came across an intersting site with 7 photos and postcards of this 1928 swimming pool when I was searching for Britain's...
Just received this email - I will forward any answers/replies to him. Do you have the dimensions of the Penzance lido, Ian? [Ocean baths = Tidal swimming...
This massive US pool (email below) closed in 1971. Largest pools in the UK (now closed) were: a) Scarborough, South Bay Pool (1915-1989) - 330 x 167 feet b)...
I have been in contact with Penwith Council. The helpfully give the following rather precice statistics! Main Pool: 2875m2, volume 1,106,665 gallons, assuming...
Much bigger than these is the surviving man-made tidal pool at Margate - it is simply vast!...
AlexBuxton@...
Nov 2, 2004 12:41 pm
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The longest course in the Jubilee Pool north to south is 330 ft, and the longest course east to west 240 ft. This = 79,200 square feet - the biggest, on my...
Janet Smith
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Nov 2, 2004 1:12 pm
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I've just returned from a week-long tour of dead lidos in the north-west, so can tell you that Southport Sea-Bathing Lake was 330 ft x 212 ft. It had a central...
Janet Smith
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Nov 2, 2004 1:14 pm
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... Congratulations on the advance publicity of what will certainly become "the" book on lidos, to be called "Liquid Assets: the best of British lidos" by...
YES! to the first question. Have lots of literature about Penzance Pool, but not one includes dimensions. See attachment Anne Jessel _____ ...
Anne Jessel
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Nov 2, 2004 6:08 pm
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More news and movie clip on www.soyouwantto.co.uk Anne ... From: Janet Smith [mailto:janet@...] Sent: 02 November 2004 11:49 To:...
Anne Jessel
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Nov 2, 2004 6:10 pm
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Thanks to an on-line unit conversion site, I have converted pool surface areas to a common unit of square feet. Jubilee Pool, Penzance: 2975m2 = ~32020ft2...
Found this on the North Wiltshire District Council website: "Following extensive consultation with local residents in Malmesbury on outline proposals for...
