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Hi there, I get some unusual queries - here is one: ... Clearly she doesn't mean the Serpentine, or the Oasis, in central London. She implies it is now closed....
I am still trying to pin this down for my book - and it's not as cut and dried as you might think. The Serpentine Lido was so called from at least 1930. But...
Janet Smith
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Jun 3, 2005 10:18 am
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Hum....this is really difficult! Tooting Bec lido was opened im 1906, but was not "known" as a Lido until the 1930`s. Has Sandford Parks Lido,Cheltenham (1935)...
I have added some new entries on my website Billinghay Swimming Pool, Lincolnshire "The pool was built by local people in 1972, and is run by a committee of...
... "Has Sandford Parks Lido,Cheltenham (1935) always been known as a Lido?" I have checked the 32 page booklet titled "Sandford Lido 1935 - 1985", that I...
I have checked the situation in London. The first open air swimming pool that I can find that was officially called a lido was "The Edmonton Lido" in...
I asked one of the Windsor historians and he asks... 'Which lido do you mean? Original river baths at Baths Island or War Memorial Pool c. 1962'. Both of...
Oh dear, another addict of LCC minutes! But it is the Metropolitan Board of Works that I love. I decided I had better stop for while when I found myself...
Mary Cane
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Jun 11, 2005 7:47 pm
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Dean has given more detail: "the outdoor swimming pool which was on the site now used by the Leisure Centre in Stovell Road" Oliver ... From: "Anne Jessel"...
Looking for the earliest use of the word Lido for a swimming location in the UK I found: Highfields Lido (a massive 330 ft by 75 ft) in Nottingham, see ...
I`m pretty sure this was known as the "Highfields Swimming Bath" when it first opened. (See enclosed image) I must take a trip to the Records Office to...
Thank you for the pictures of Highfields Lido. I used to swim there in my wild youth in the early 1960s. What a treat. Now it is covered by an art gallery and...
Mary Cane
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Jun 15, 2005 5:59 pm
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Highfields Lido Yes - it was a derelict shell when I came to Nottm in 1988 but it was only a matter of time before the City Council sold it to the University...
Radio 4's You and Yours programme website is featuring heritage projects that have campaigns trying to save them. Two of about six are outdoor pools. Cleveland...
Whoops It is New Brighton Marine Lake NOT Wirrla sorry! Anyway I have downloaded the pictures onto the Groups Photo File, I hope that no copyright is being...
May I also highly recommend the Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer - an absolutely riveting read. Janet ... From: "Mary Cane" <mcane@...> ...
Janet Smith
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Jun 17, 2005 1:56 pm
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Good news! Tooting Bec Lido re-opened today after 10 weeks of repairs and re-painting. Jpg attached of the pool being filled up last week-end (taken by Sue...
Janet Smith
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Jun 18, 2005 12:12 pm
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Keeping cool on the hottest day of the year.... I found an interesting source of documents. Using http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp try...
Found this on the BBC site. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4101200.stm) "Swimmers pay for historic ponds People have been bathing in the ponds...
On last Sunday's Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson opened his local outdoor pool for the season. He mentioned that he did not normally perform such requests, but this...
Further to message 457, this lido will stay open for at least one or two more seasons after this Summer, before being replaced by an indoor pool. I visited...
The original enquirer, Jonathan Hollow, has looked up "lido" in the Oxford English Dictionary. "It traces the first use of the word Lido to describe something...
