Charlton Lido
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No bombing please.soapy_jones said:Danson regular here. Visited both Eltham and Charlton.
Surely they can make a comeback no? or is there some pathetic H&S, public hygiene, planning regulatory, anti fun police reason. Would be doing a bomb as well in this weather.0 -
Even indoor pools are closing because councils can't afford the maintenance and staffing - and I don't mean just the old Victorian ones. There are 1980s civic pools in the North that have shut down already. Shocking state of affairs, really.Ormiston Addick said:
The problem for outdoor pools in the UK is that you will only get decent usage for three months of the year, June-August, leaving the place massively under-used for the rest of the year.soapy_jones said:Danson regular here. Visited both Eltham and Charlton.
Surely they can make a comeback no? or is there some pathetic H&S, public hygiene, planning regulatory, anti fun police reason. Would be doing a bomb as well in this weather.
We have an outdoor pool here in our part of Brisbane and the manager (its subbed out by the council to a private operator) said that even with eight months decent usage (September-April) that it can be a real struggle to keep going as maintenance/operational costs are quite high.
In an era of financial belt tightening a public outdoor pool is an expensive thing to justify in the UK.
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I think it might be because they now have an indoor toilet and bathroom and don't need a weekly wash.Viewfinder said:
Even indoor pools are closing because councils can't afford the maintenance and staffing - and I don't mean just the old Victorian ones. There are 1980s civic pools in the North that have shut down already. Shocking state of affairs, really.Ormiston Addick said:
The problem for outdoor pools in the UK is that you will only get decent usage for three months of the year, June-August, leaving the place massively under-used for the rest of the year.soapy_jones said:Danson regular here. Visited both Eltham and Charlton.
Surely they can make a comeback no? or is there some pathetic H&S, public hygiene, planning regulatory, anti fun police reason. Would be doing a bomb as well in this weather.
We have an outdoor pool here in our part of Brisbane and the manager (its subbed out by the council to a private operator) said that even with eight months decent usage (September-April) that it can be a real struggle to keep going as maintenance/operational costs are quite high.
In an era of financial belt tightening a public outdoor pool is an expensive thing to justify in the UK.0 -
Went yesterday and was very disappointed it closed at 5. But they've extended the opening time til 8, but only during the week unfortunately0
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It's open at 6.45 Princess, you could pop in on the way to work :-)
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Ah Danson Lido. Those were the days. Used to get rammed whenever it was hot. More people sitting around perving than swimming though, so I was told :-)0
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Loved Danson Lido during the hot summer of '76, I think we were over there nearly every day. My next door neighbour was a lorry driver and got me a couple of lorry tyre inner tubes, used get the 96 to crook log, go to the garage and pump them up and off the to lido. Not forgetting the sun cream factor FA.0
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I have broken the ice for an early morning swim at Charlton Lido many moons ago.0
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M@M, I'd love to, but cycle from Greenwich to Trafalgar Square & don't fancy cycling in the wrong direction and up a BIG Hill as well as a swim!0
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How? :-)Cardinal Sin said:I have broken the ice for an early morning swim at Charlton Lido many moons ago.
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Are you still based in OAB?PrincessFiona said:M@M, I'd love to, but cycle from Greenwich to Trafalgar Square & don't fancy cycling in the wrong direction and up a BIG Hill as well as a swim!
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The metal work is is two stories high re the refurb when i went past this morning.So its going to be a much larger building.
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Found this: http://newhavenscubacentre.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/charlton-lido-to-be-europes-deepest.html
Show's a computer mock-up of the new development.0 -
Man_About_Town said:
True. Didn't they used to board over the Charlton Lido and use it for something else during the winter.........roller skating or similar?Ormiston Addick said:
The problem for outdoor pools in the UK is that you will only get decent usage for three months of the year, June-August, leaving the place massively under-used for the rest of the year.soapy_jones said:Danson regular here. Visited both Eltham and Charlton.
I remember going there to skateboard in the 70`s , they put a large wooden ramp at the deepend .
Surely they can make a comeback no? or is there some pathetic H&S, public hygiene, planning regulatory, anti fun police reason. Would be doing a bomb as well in this weather.
We have an outdoor pool here in our part of Brisbane and the manager (its subbed out by the council to a private operator) said that even with eight months decent usage (September-April) that it can be a real struggle to keep going as maintenance/operational costs are quite high.
In an era of financial belt tightening a public outdoor pool is an expensive thing to justify in the UK.0 -
I remember going there to skateboard in the 70`s , they put a large wooden ramp at the deepend .0
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Am in charlton lido right now. Am impressed.0
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Impressed with?Mosscat said:Am in charlton lido right now. Am impressed.
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Lots of lifeguards, very clean0
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I'm waiting for the Charlton Lido needs WiFi thread...0
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Greenwich Council wants to rename it "Royal Greenwich Lido".
If you tolerate this, then who knows what'll be next for a name change?
There's a petition against it here: wecallitcharltonlido.co.uk/
There's also talk of users getting more closely involved with the running of the lido, since the business plan for it seems to have gone awry, resulting in a plan to close it for the winter. There's more: charltonchampion.co.uk/2013/09/19/friends-of-charlton-lido-time-for-action/
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cafcfan said:
I'm waiting for the Charlton Lido needs WiFi thread...
Or the how tall are the lifeguards thread
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Does it really matter what it's called?0
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Got a good story. Trouble is I don't know whether it goes in the "needing to go" or this thread...0
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Wherever it goes, it'll be "too much information".soapy_jones said:Got a good story. Trouble is I don't know whether it goes in the "needing to go" or this thread...
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Course not.Robbo on the wing said:Does it really matter what it's called?
Royal Borough of Greenwich Athletic FC sound snappy.
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Spent many a happy a day at the lido as a lad.
One of the regular's in the mid 60s-70s was a one legged man, who used to dive off the 'spring board'.......
I think you were allowed to bomb of the lower spring board?..... and get as near to the edge as possible, and try and splash the 'sunbathers'......
Took my first girl friend there on a date, God I know how to treat a lady.... no expense sparred?0 -
Christ! You'd have to be pretty keen to use an outdoor pool in the English winter! Cost a fortune to heat the pool too, surely?InspectorSands said:Greenwich Council wants to rename it "Royal Greenwich Lido".
If you tolerate this, then who knows what'll be next for a name change?
There's a petition against it here: wecallitcharltonlido.co.uk/
There's also talk of users getting more closely involved with the running of the lido, since the business plan for it seems to have gone awry, resulting in a plan to close it for the winter. There's more: charltonchampion.co.uk/2013/09/19/friends-of-charlton-lido-time-for-action/0 -
will always be Charlton Lido------end of0
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Call it Royal Greenwich Lido and you can put it on tourist trail and double the price to get in. I remember the Danson Park lido and loved it as a primary school kid.Then went to Bexleyheath School and heard the horror stories from older kids of the school swimming galas taking place regardless of weather.Luckily missed that and was spoiled by galas in the indoor heated pool at Crook Log!0
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This.Goonerhater said:will always be Charlton Lido------end of
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