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Can anyone tell me what is currently in place of Bath Road's outdoor swimming pool? The last time I was there was when it was turned into a Skateboard park back in the late 70's.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes, the indoor pool is still there. But it used to have a big, 1950's style outdoor pool with Fountains and the like. They closed it down in the late 70's because it cost fortune to run, and a year or so later a group of skateboard kids (my brother included) managed to talk the Council into turning it in a Skatepark. The didn't do anything fancy with it, they just skated around the empty pool.
I would like to know if the pool is still there, or if they have concreted over it and turned it into something else.
I would like to know if the pool is still there, or if they have concreted over it and turned it into something else.
There are hundreds of old photos here:
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/mk4custompages/C ustomPage.aspx?PageID=47933§ionID=5645
Scroll to the bottom and click on "older photos" for a list of galleries.
I remember the open air swimming pool well (wooden changing cubicles an all!).
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/mk4custompages/C ustomPage.aspx?PageID=47933§ionID=5645
Scroll to the bottom and click on "older photos" for a list of galleries.
I remember the open air swimming pool well (wooden changing cubicles an all!).
...and here is an aerial photo of the pool from the above site:
http://i7.tinypic.com/20z48t4.jpg
There are probably other ones but there are hundreds to plough through!
http://i7.tinypic.com/20z48t4.jpg
There are probably other ones but there are hundreds to plough through!