Some lovely pictures have been posted on our Facebook group showing people enjoying their Surrey summers in the 1930s and ’40s. Picture no. 5 shows two ladies in the sun at the Lido.
Here’s the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8751000/8751094.stm
Posts tagged history
Surrey in Summer
A piece of history
We’ve just come across a fascinating piece of Lido history, on of all places, Surrey Chambers of Commerce website, an unlikely place to find Lido history!
“Things are going swimmingly for one of the more unusual members of Surrey Chambers of Commerce, Guildford City Swimming Club.
Founded in 1889 by a local youth Maurice Quittenden, the Club moved [...]
Finding the Lido again after all these years
Newly recruited FOGL, Hugh Thacker tells us how he’s got involved again with the Lido after 25 years away and how it’s playing a key part in his training for a solo attempt at swimming the Channel this September in aid of 2 charities.
On the 1st May I headed off to Guildford for an early morning [...]
Lido connoiseur’s view of ours
For those who watched Robson Green’s Wild Swimming TV programme earlier this year, you may recall he swam in Plymouth’s Tinside Lido with Bob Holman and Dave Pratten. Bob & Dave love Lidos so much that a couple of years ago they swam a mile in 100 of Britain’s finest in aid of Save the [...]
Fountain restoration idea
Following his first visit to the Lido on Saturday, new FOGL member, Andrew Smith, Lifeguard at Hillingdon Pool, sent in this idea for discussion:
“Following the success of my debut swim on Saturday 1st May, during which I did 50 lengths and having seen the location of the 2 fountains, I would like to propose that [...]
