Ilford Recorder July 6th:

Valentines Park Lido - bulldozed in 1995 at a cost of £26,000 - may be gone, but it has not been forgotten by the campaigners who fought to save it.

The decision to return it to parkland was taken after Redbridge Council calculated it would cost around £250,000 to bring the 1930s structure in to line with stricter health and safety requirements.

The pool was the last lido in the area following the closure of Whipps Cross Lido, in Snaresbrook Road, Snaresbrook - once the largest in London - in 1982, followed by the open-air pool at the Grange Farm Centre, Chigwell, in 1984. ...more ---> ...

| Seven Kings | 10 July 2006; 11:56:33 AM |# | | Discuss |

Hamstead and Highgate Express 7th July reports

THOUSANDS of swimmers took a dip in the Heath ponds for free after the ticket machine broke down again.

As temperatures soared to 32 degrees on Sunday, about 4,000 bathers cooled off in Hampstead Heath's mixed bathing pond.

Bathers could not pay the £2 voluntary charge which was controversially introduced last summer. ...more ---> ...

| Hampstead Heath | 10 July 2006; 11:15:00 AM |# | | Discuss |