Vintage Postkarte Open Air Bad Blackpool Lancashire veröffentlicht 1947 Retro Geschenkidee

Vintage Postcard Open Air Bath Blackpool Lancashire posted 1947 Retro Gift Idea

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• Description:  Vintage Postcard Open Air Bath Blackpool Lancashire posted 1947 Retro Gift Idea

If you’re of a certain age you might remember the open air baths at South Shore. They once stood where the Sandcastle is now.

Open Air Baths at South Shore

It opened on 9 June 1923 to coincide with Blackpool Carnival week, holding its first swimming gala.

A smaller children’s pool next to the big pool catered for kids. Raked seating overlooked the pool from the seaward side. The changing rooms flanked the landward side of the site

The open air baths were incredibly popular during the summer. On warm days the water was always packed with swimmers and the seats with spectators. As a venue for events, beauty contests were a regular, very popular feature

South Shore Open Air Baths official name was South Promenade Bathing Pool. It’s everyday name was usually South Shore Baths.

Modelled on the Coliseum in Rome it cost more than £750,000 to build! A colossal amount of money back then. The building formed an amphitheatre. A stunning building when new, with all the outside faced in white Faience brick from Shaw’s of Bolton. That’s the same stone that you see on many Blackpool buildings, including the Winter Gardens.

The D shaped pool was 376 feet long x 170 feet wide. It filled with 1,600,000 gallons of sea water. The pumping equipment filtered the sea water and could fill it at 75,000 gallons per hour

An area could be partitioned off for swimming events. There were seven diving boards and under them the water was 15 feet deep. Divers had a choice of springboards, firm boards and a high board – which at 10m high swayed on windy days!

Did you know?  The 1924 British Olympic swimming trials were hosted here for the 1928 games. Water Polo matches were also held here!

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