... From: "Yacov Lev" To: "Oliver Merrington" Hi Oliver, Just did a tour of Marbury Park [Northwich, Cheshire] - mainly to investigate swimming in Budworth...
Regarding below. It is free at Tollesbury near Maldon, Essex and first thing in the morning, isolated. I have swum there most mornings for the last fortnight. ...
Dear all, I am a freelance photographer, also currently working at a sports photography picture library. I have recently shot a series on a derelict sports...
Carmathenshire County Council have confirmed that Brynaman Swimming Pool will reopen again this summer from Friday 22nd July to Sunday 4th September. The hours...
I've just heard from Doug Minde at Greenwich Council that there are no lockers at Charlton Lido either. Are there any GLL/London Fitness Network open-air...
Have you by any chance decided yet, please, whether you'd like there to be some form of Camden-GLL-London Fitness Network representation at the Hampstead Heath...
... I had a word with the duty manager at Gourock and he agreed to let me put one up there. It'll probably be on the noticeboard which is straight ahead of...
The 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London Work has already started on The Aquatics Centre in Stratford - including two 50m competition pools and a...
... www.playedinbritain.co.uk ... I have now deleted http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/741 from the Yahoo Group website, but the Invitation (PDF)...
The pool you refer to was at Dawden colliery in County Durham. I believe it was heated from the pit and was used quite extensively during the 50's and 60's. ...
Welcome to Karen Hunt, who lives near Southampton. ... Karen - see this previous message http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/172 (NB Sharon is no...
From what I have been told, Southampton lido closed around 1976 time, our hottest summer! My brother enthused about a one legged diver, people would watch him...
Thanks Oliver, for the lovely welcome. I am 34 and live at Rownhams, on the outskirts of Southampton. I am married with 4 children, a bit of a handful! As I...
Hello all, The Lidos Yahoo Group has provided a forum for information and discussion in a way I had never thought possible two years ago. John Cox from...
Now is the time if ever there was one! With the Olympics coming - if only health and sport could get together to fund open air baths.seize the moment! ... ...
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Welcome to John Fuller who lives in Lancashire. He is interested in finding out about lidos "having been intrigued by the one at Grange over Sands, and the...
... I don't include pools in private land - the one she mentions now seems to be in a private caravan park / campsite. It was certainly open in the 1940s. Was...
I thought you might like to see this photo of the Overstone Solarium at Northampton. It looks like it was a 1930's pool and open to the public rather than...
Dear all, I have compiled a provisional list of Lidos I hope to photograph. Any information which might save me a wasted trip would be a great help. Derelict...
In the Body & Soul section (pages 18 & 19) of The Times today there is a feature on lidos. There is an excellent full-page photo of Jesus Green Pool in...
I wouldnt call Jesus Green as grand as Art Deco either - it's more Utilitarian Wooden Changing Room!...
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In London, there are also derilict lidos at:- Uxbridge & also Barking Park, where the outside is still very much intact, but the interior is so overgrown in...
Although called a lido, this is not a purpose-built swimming pool but a stretch of the River Tees. As far as I'm aware, the only lido in Co Durham is Weardale...
