Norden Riviera
The Riviera was a lido with an industrial past. The land that the lido was built on had been part of the surrounds of the Tenterhouse Dyeing and Bleaching Company.…
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Whipps Cross Hospital Swimming Pool
I started looking for this pool a few years ago when my dad mentioned it to me. He said that he used to climb over the fence surrounding the pool…
Martens Grove Swimming Pool
Martens Grove was acquired by the Crayford Urban District Council in 1933, and an ornamental pool lying in the valley of considerable natural beauty was adapted and used for bathing…
Egerton Park Swimming Bath
One of the first enterprises in the early development of Bexhill as a resort was the construction of the Egerton Park Swimming Bath. The site was part of the Egerton…
Valentines Park Lido
This old pool that pre-dated the lido boom of the 1930’s was demolished in 1995 but the great news is that Redbridge Council has passed the final hurdle of planning…
Sea bathing
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, (ITV script 1995) Kitty: Mrs Forster says she plans to go sea bathing Lydia: I’m sure I should love to go sea bathing Mrs Bennett:…
Zotofoam baths
Letters to the editor, Baths and Bath Engineering October 1934 Sir, You are already aware that our order has been placed for a further series of 12 full page insertions…
Sandford Parks Lido
Sandford Parks Lido was opened on 25 May 1935, beginning with a procession of open-top motor cars travelling from the Municipal Offices to the Lido, carrying the Mayor of Cheltenham…
Vision in pool planning Sept 1934
Baths and Bath Engineering September 1934 By Coun. R. D. MENNELL (Oxford). The appearance of a paper like Baths and Bath Engineering is a sign of the times, a sign…