http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/ Lidos History Society Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:09:01 GMT Oliver Merrington http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2565 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2565 Pools may like to contact their local or county museum to see if they subscribe to this. Not sure what they mean by "other publicly-funded bodies in the Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:24:53 GMT Oliver Merrington http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2564 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2564 I just read about this pretty outdoor pool dating from 1936 in the village of Filkins, near Broughton Poggs, which is 5 miles south of Burford in Oxfordshire. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:51:28 GMT bobholmanlidolidochallenge http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2563 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2563 Hi everyone I have just been told the Wild Swimming programme featuring Robson Green will bwe shown on the 8th.and 15th December on ITV1. I would imagine that Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:44:47 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2562 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2562 Interesting blog here on the joys of "outsourcing": Lambeth Council have 2 different operators for their leisure facilities: Fusion for the lido and GLL for Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:29:52 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2561 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2561 Good news for the Beccles Lido campaign, as Beccles Lido Limited have now achieved charitable status; this is another big leap forward in the long campaign to Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:13:50 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2560 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2560 The local Evening Star has done a splendid write-up on the 1947 film footage of Broomhill pool taken by Edwin Mason: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:49:41 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2559 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2559 Rather late notice, but the film "On A Clear Day" about a fictional Channel swim is on tonight at 10.45pm on BBC1 A very sweet film about an out of work Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:23:01 GMT richard7576davies@... http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2558 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2558 Does anyone have a 'potted history' of Alton Open Air Pool? - Iknow it was alive in 1981 but the last I know is that the Trustees called a public meeting in Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:16:25 GMT Oliver Merrington http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2557 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2557 Welcome to Richard Davies, who lives in Petersfield, Hampshire. Oliver He writes: "I came to swimming relatively late and learned to swim in the Petersfield Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:53 GMT Bob Holman http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2556 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2556 Hi Sally It does seem very much that way which is really sad. The only way forward if there is to be happy outcome is for local people to continue to fight Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:38:46 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2555 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2555 Bob - have a look at this message from Pooling Resources: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poolingresources/message/1889 I spent quite a lot of time reading the Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:11:49 GMT Bob Holman http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2554 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2554 Hi everyone You may all be interested to read my report (below) on our visit to this pool in the summer of 2007 during our lido challenge. It seems almost Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:45:09 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2553 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2553 The campaign group trying to save the Holywell Mead pool in High Wycombe from permanent closure, held a public meeting last night (October 13th 2009) Some of Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:12:16 GMT broomhillsaved http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2552 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2552 Really lovely to see this Mark: those were the days when diving was allowed! (Also - no obesity problem back then.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OvlKgrlwtA Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:46:32 GMT pogleling http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2551 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2551 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OvlKgrlwtA The Broomhill Pool Trust would like to thank Mr Edwin Mason of Kesgrave for providing us with rare 8mm footage of