Seaclose Bathing Pool
Work on a new pool for Newport started in 1933 and provided work for 15 unemployed men of the area. By July 1934, it was announced that the Mayors Work…
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Devizes Open Air Swimming Pool
A new pool was built in the Wiltshire town of Devizes as the existing bathing place, an enclosure of part of the Kennet and Avon Canal, was becoming a hygiene…
Black Rock Open Air Sea Water Bathing Pool
The Black Rock Lido opened in 1936. It was situated on Marina Drive to the east of the resort. It was around 3 miles west of Saltdean, where their lido…
Congleton Open Air Swimming Bath
Congleton saw the opening of their new outdoor swimming and paddling pools in May 1936. The pool was a modest 105’ x 45’ but the paddling pool was a whopping…
Stand Road Open Air Swimming Pool aka Chesterfield Open Air Swimming Bath
This petite pool built at one side of the Stand Road Recreation ground was to increase the capacity for swimmers in the area after their vociferous appeals to the local…
Dolphin Pool
The pools at Camp Bay were built during the 1960’s following encouragement by the British Government to the Gibraltar Legislative Council to look to alternative sources of income other than…
Uxbridge Lido aka Hillingdon Lido
Uxbridge Lido opened in August 1935, and the ceremony featured a fanfare of trumpets of the Royal Air Force. The programme of events included an exhibition of modern speed swimming,…
Chamberlayne Baths aka Northam Lido
The Chamberlayne Baths were built on the southern shore of the River Itchen close to the old Northam bridge crossing. An exact date cannot be found but is approximated at…
Bargoed Park Swimming Pool
The swimming pool in Bargoed Park was opened at the end of the 1930s following a Special Areas Commission grant to Gelligaer Urban District Council of £7,893. TThe baths were…
Chelmsford Baths aka Riverside
The open-air bath at the Waterloo Lane site was opened on 5th May 1906 by the mayoress, Mrs Frederic Chancellor. The pool measured 150 feet by 100 feet, held 437,000…