EPW029209 ENGLAND (1929). The Open Air Swimming Baths and Victoria Pier, Blackpool, 1929

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Details

Title [EPW029209] The Open Air Swimming Baths and Victoria Pier, Blackpool, 1929
Reference EPW029209
Date 12-September-1929
Link
Place name BLACKPOOL
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 330423, 433594
Longitude / Latitude -3.0563480775282, 53.79378415291
National Grid Reference SD304336

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This was a seawater pool with massive sand filters located under the buildings. Many people used it but being unheated you had to be very hardy or very hot. All the "Miss Blackpool" contests were held here in the 1950s.

Norman
Sunday 15th of September 2013 05:25:18 PM