Wonderful film on Channel 4 today called "We are together" about children from the Agape orphanage making a CD of their singing and raising money for the home....
Not sure if we've had this photo before on the forum, but a rather wonderful picture to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Contact Crystal Lagoons Corporation if...
Steve Hanson <stevehanson1@...> wrote to me recently: "I have spent the best part of the last two years photographing some of the existing lidos. Please...
St Anne's pool was closed on July 31st 2008 just as Fylde Borough Council had planned. The vote was taken back in March and despite massive protests by local...
Whilst no amount of protest has been able to save St Anne's, the group trying to give Kirkham Baths a permanent future, is hard at work. Members of the Rural...
I'm seriously wondering why I bother anymore. Even when you do get the council to invest the (private) management find ways to stop the boards being opened and...
The motto of Amnesty International is that it's better to light a candle than curse the dark. It may be a brick wall for most of the time, but unless there's...
Warm welcome to new member Wendy Sergeant - a campaigner for the Portishead Open Air Pool. Apologies too Wendy, as I clicked on "Approved" when you applied in...
The Bradford Telegraph and Argus has highlighted Ian Dungavell's swim at Queensbury Pool in Bradford on 5th August 2008 and the Manningham Pool on 6th August. ...
The £37 million revamp of the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh will feature a Combined Heat and Power system and a solar thermal roof. The refurbishment...
NIce to see the revamp, BUT....... 1) Why do we insist on giving Listed building status to sports venues??? It means that when they get to the end of their...
In message <g7flt6+spmm@eGroups.com>, broomhillsaved <broomhillsaved@...> writes ... It may be worth pointing out here that another diving facility I...
On July 31st the Herefordshire Cabinet decided to mothball the St Martin's pool until next Easter (2009), neither closing it permanently or repairing it. This...
As in Bradford, so in Bristol? Plans to build an Olympic sized swimming pool in Hengrove (the Hengrove Healthplex) will mean that two other Bristol pools will...
Feature in today's Telegraph (Weekend supplement) 9th August 2008 Thought I would post early (well, fairly early) in case you want to get a copy. Lakes, lidos,...
This article was written by journalist Jay Merrick in April 2003 when a decision about Broomhill Pool's future was imminently expected. No-one then had an...
Dr Ian Dungavell continues his swim round England's listed Victorian and Edwardian public swimming pools. This article features the Moseley Road Baths in...
My letter about the use of public lottery money to fund bonuses for members of the Olympic Delivery Authority was printed in the Sunday Telegraph today. Please...
First Sherwood Hall and now the "Lido": The Matlock "Lido" has been closed for urgent roof repairs, with the Council originally saying they hoped to get the...
Matlock "lido" stays shut - the 11th August has arrived and there is as yet no date for the re-opening of this pool. Let us hope that this temporary closure is...
Often interesting to look back and see how the same concerns are raised time and time again. What has changed since February 2006? I would say that campaign...
I read yesterday that the Government is exhorting the Councils to make as much money as possible out of their car parks and other public facilities. The only...
Will reply with a little further info as no-one else seems to be responding to what I thought was a potentially important issue. Every non-domestic property is...
What astounds me Sally is the brazen manner in which the politico's shout how well they are doing even when all is going down the tubes!! We are suffering from...
Jim - could you please remind me of the exact day and date that the Aquasplash was voted permanently closed, as its useful when i'm adding "comments" or...
A new leisure centre for Harlow is gradually taking shape and should be ready for September 2009. It will be called the Leisurezone and includes a 25 metre...
Sally The Minehead Aquasplash was closed on H&S grounds (possible subsidence from a leak) immediately after our private hire Speed Swim event on 14th October ...
Jim - thanks. This pattern of closing a pool "temporarily" followed by permanent closure a few weeks or months later is all too common and councils can use...
Sounds familiar! Redbridge pools are due to close in December of this year for reasons of H & S. It is claimed that there is a service tunnel between the large...
Paul - can you ask the council for a full breakdown of this £7million claim or contact the Politics Show again? How can the council justify an inflated...
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