Lewisham Council have announced plans to demolish Ladywell Leisure Centre in 2007 - though it has just undergone a £1.8million refurbishment.  After a summer of gathering of strength, the Save Ladywell Pool Campaign is now looking for answers from Lewisham Council. In the next week there's a packed schedule of events.

On Wednesday 8th September at 5 pm exhibition opening at the Life Café  and Masons bar in Ladywell road, just off Ladywell train station - titled Pools Now and Then - this is a photo exhibition of London's closed and threatened pools and is also an event in support of the London Pools Campaign. 

On the same day, at 7 pm the third public meeting of the campaign will take place at the Ladywell Leisure Centre. This meeting will mainly focus on the organization of the events of the following week.

On Wednesday 15th September the campaign organises a protest march.

Here's the timetable of the event.

• At 6 pm assembly outside the Ladywell Leisure Centre.
• At 6:30 the demonstration starts moving towards Catford Town Hall (less then a mile).
• At 7 the group will have reached the Town Hall ready to greet the councillors.
• At 7:30 at the full Council meeting the Mayor of Lewisham will be presented with the petition  signatures (3000 by now) and the Council will listen to a question from the public posed by a campaign  spokesman. A motion from the opposition councillors asking the Council to reverse their decision about the  planned closure of the Ladywell Leisure Centre will then be voted.

The Save Ladywell Pool Campaign say "We need everyone to come along to put as much pressure as possible on the overwhelming Labour majority in Lewisham Council".

More information from  ladywellpool@hotmail.com

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