Gary Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 I contact of mine has asked for info on the old Woolston lido which was apparently an outdoor swimming pool which closed in the 1970's. He is very keen to see old photos of the site. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 You should have asked! I remember doing a story on a campaign to get Woolston Lido re-opened. That, I think, would be sometime in the mid-to-late 1960s. I went to the site with a photographer (I was on the Lancashire Evening Post (Post and Chronicle) at the time. We took pictures of the pool, which was disused and empty and had been so for some time. We also borrowed (from someone, I can't recall who) some pictures of the Lido in its hey day when it was packed with swimmers. It looked more like Blackpool than Woolston. The site was at that time owned by Walter Farrington, local businessman, county councillor and licensee of the Noggin Inn at Risley. I seem to recall it was largely used as a caravan site. So, somewhere in the archives of the Lancs Evening Post there should be a story and picture that would shed some light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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