The forgotten pools... those who remember these pools were more hardy. Nowadays people want heat; warmth and luxury surroundings. Anyway, here are some of the forgotten pools: the Derby at New Brighton; Port Sunlight; New Ferry and Hoylake. Oh "happy days".
Great vid brings back memories of when Britain was truly great. There is a book called Liquid Assets (Played in Britain) by Janet Smith which has lots of pictures.
jpgee19 1 week ago
and also the shop at the baths....i remember going in there and the floor felt very slimey and slippy.............oohhhh the good days....
mancavant 4 months ago
behind the grass hil sthere was a small house which we called the witches house....lol
it was a privilege watching the guys bombing off the spring diving board to the left of the main diving boards....thanks lads for the bombing and splashes it was great.
mancavant 4 months ago
i remember new ferry baths in 1976 when it was the heatwave.
and we had a swarm of lady birds,i was 10 at the time we use to get the bus from price st i think to new ferry bus terminal.
and were the diving boards were...
mancavant 4 months ago
happy days, not a tattoo in sight
MrPlumTree 5 months ago
happy days, not a tattoo in sight
MrPlumTree 5 months ago
My husband used to swim at port sunlight pool as a child. He was delighted to see this! Thank you for posting.
Cath198127 1 year ago
great video, thank you. where abouts where Hoylake Baths?, is it where the tennis courts and bowling green are now?.
Those Slides make me laugh no Health and Safety worries in those days!!.
boughtanpaid4 1 year ago
Ah! nostalgia,I learnt to swim in PS baths, in the early '40's, Mr Graham, the baths instructor, free hot water from the Sunlight factory, I remember the New Ferry baths, 16' deep end, the Byrne Ave indoor baths, and the bus ride out to the Rivacre baths on special days, out past Eastham and the airport at Hooton. I remember paddling in the Dell when it flooded too. Those were the days! but its a lot warmer here in New Zealand, with the warm Pacific on my doorstep.
yyyzzzz 1 year ago
learnt to swim at port sunlight , ahh new ferry baths , those were the days , brilliant ,used to go to rivacre outdoor pool to,
TheMightOfTheEnglish 1 year ago