North Bay Bathing Pool
North Bay Bathing Pool, opened in July 1938 and has had numerous iterations before its final closure. In 1984 the site was redeveloped and rebranded as Waterscene, and a £500,000…
October 2024
Matlock Lido
The town of Matlock already had an outdoor pool, part of the New Bath Hotel and still open today, as well as other pools but many of these were attached…
Wandsworth Open Air Pool
One of a number of baths in the London Borough of Wandsworth, the open air pool followed two new enclosed baths built in the 1930’s. I can well imagine the…
Walpole Bay Bathing Pool
The pool is filled from both sea water and a number of freshwater springs that deliver water within the walls. In between this and the western tidal pool, Marine terrace,…
Marine Terrace Bathing Pool
The disused tidal pool, one of two in Margate, was given listed status in 2024. The pool further east, (Walpole) is getting an expensive upgrade but nothing seems to be…
Oasis Holborn
This site has a long history of pools, both indoor and outdoor plus public washouses and laundries. It has been altered and refurbished a number of times. The data in…
Hyg-gard-all – 1949
Manufactured by James Sieber Equipment Co Ltd, the Hyg-gard-all clothes hanger is probably familiar to many of us over the age of 50. I certainly remember these being in use…
Sutcliffe and Gledhill Ltd – 1949
Sutcliffe and Gledhill Ltd was a private limited company formed on 26th November 1945 and dissolved 25th February 2004. They were based in Idle, a suburb of Bradford hence the…
Gladstone Park Open Air Pool
Shaped like a kidney bean, this pool was opened in 1903 by Lord Aberdeen. All the construction work, which commenced on 2 March 1903, was carried out by the Engineer’s…
Bude Sea Pool
Built in the 1920s as a safe haven for holidaymakers and locals to enjoy the benefits of sea swimming in a calm and sheltered way. The architecture of the sea…