AllezBlackpool
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The biggest loss was St Anne's lido. Loved it there.Now a scabby YM
Did you peep through the hole in the mens changing rooms to the ladies how that small arcade with jukebox ever made any money is beyond me as all the panels were either unlocked or easy to open & flick credits on the pin tables & jukebox. I can still hear Can The Can & Rubber BulletsIvy House (Leaf?) open air swimming pool at the caravan park on Common Edge Road (end of Squires Gate Lane)
Me and my mates used to ride down there in 70s / 80s in all weathers.
Loved it.
Hated Cocker St loved Derby BathsCocker street
In case you’ve not seen it one of the penthouse flats is currently for sale on Rightmove for offers over £950k. The photos sum it all up. Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel and other labels absolutely everywhere together with plenty of champagneLytham Baths, old and cold but family fun day on Saturday mornings was ace, as were the classic table Space Invaders outside.
Overpriced flats now, because Lytham.
I remember both Derby and Cocker Street, wasn't there an open air Lido somewhere near the Pleasure Beach, off Lytham Road?Derby baths, Olympic size pool with diving boards. Think it was art deco
YES its mentioned in my previous post. they used to have bathing beauties competitions and other water based events. it was huge. i might have a look on You Tube.I remember both Derby and Cocker Street, wasn't there an open air Lido somewhere near the Pleasure Beach, off Lytham Road?
Loved it there many a happy dayIvy House (Leaf?) open air swimming pool at the caravan park on Common Edge Road (end of Squires Gate Lane)
Me and my mates used to ride down there in 70s / 80s in all weathers.
Loved it.
Open air baths were where the casino is now, on the prom near south pier.I remember both Derby and Cocker Street, wasn't there an open air Lido somewhere near the Pleasure Beach, off Lytham Road?
Lido on Dean Street, near Waterloo Rd. Used to go in Sunday afternoons and, afterwards, get a large tube of Bazooka Joe bubbly from the Chocolate Box sweet shop.When we moved to Blackpool 1961, there were the Cocker Street Baths, the Derby Baths and the Baths on Waterloo Road, (name?) as well as the open air baths at North Shore and the ones at South Shore. Are any left?
Purley Pool.The Learners Pool at Thames Road, where I learnt to swim.
Pretty sure it was taken down many years ago?
hmm, cant remember them but its a knockout was held there, maybe then. Derby had a few slides but not wooden.The open air baths at south shore, did they have massive wooden slides that had water running down them to make them slippy?
I know I went and I have this memory but it could of been somewhere else.
Another joke of a decision to get rid and replace it with something way worse.
I remember the slides at Derby and they were ace and I also remember, now you mention it, that it’s a knockout was on at the open air baths.hmm, cant remember them but its a knockout was held there, maybe then. Derby had a few slides but not wooden.
it was open in 1939. the only pool at the time with a olympic sized swimming area. had many competitions . designed by Borough arcitect John Robinson in the thirties Art Deco style. it even had a BBC broadcast studio in the basement. just found out this on BING. demolished in 1990. a stupid decision in my opinion but council coffers couldnt afford the maintenance and heating . i do remember going quite often. a cheap day out. during the war it was used by service personell for swimming and naked bathing once a week.I remember the slides at Derby and they were ace and I also remember, now you mention it, that it’s a knockout was on at the open air baths.
These slides I’m on about were a permanent fixture I’m sure there were at least two and I can recall some funky diving boards I think. It was such a long time ago, when did it close, maybe some older posters can confirm?