International Pool

edgey2001 · Post by **edgey2001** » Wed 30 Jan, 2008 12:50 pm

Reminds me of the time I did a sponsored swim in Bradford at Wibsey Baths in the the early 80's, it was one those old Victorian baths with the changing rooms on the side of the pool, really mankie and dirty, 2 weeks later the council emptied the pool to clean it out and the sides caved in, I dont think it re-opened after that.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Wed 30 Jan, 2008 4:50 pm

edgey2001 wrote: Reminds me of the time I did a sponsored swim in Bradford at Wibsey Baths in the the early 80's, it was one those old Victorian baths with the changing rooms on the side of the pool, really mankie and dirty, 2 weeks later the council emptied the pool to clean it out and the sides caved in, I dont think it re-opened after that. hey hey! i did a sponsored swim at the olympics,with david wilkie in 1981,i think it was called swimalong,as many lengths as poss in 10 mins.

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 31 Jan, 2008 5:25 pm

wiggy wrote: edgey2001 wrote: Reminds me of the time I did a sponsored swim in Bradford at Wibsey Baths in the the early 80's, it was one those old Victorian baths with the changing rooms on the side of the pool, really mankie and dirty, 2 weeks later the council emptied the pool to clean it out and the sides caved in, I dont think it re-opened after that. hey hey! i did a sponsored swim at the olympics,with david wilkie in 1981,i think it was called swimalong,as many lengths as poss in 10 mins. I bet youre glad you didnt swim along with Len Fairclough!!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Thu 31 Jan, 2008 6:08 pm

cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: edgey2001 wrote: Reminds me of the time I did a sponsored swim in Bradford at Wibsey Baths in the the early 80's, it was one those old Victorian baths with the changing rooms on the side of the pool, really mankie and dirty, 2 weeks later the council emptied the pool to clean it out and the sides caved in, I dont think it re-opened after that. hey hey! i did a sponsored swim at the olympics,with david wilkie in 1981,i think it was called swimalong,as many lengths as poss in 10 mins. I bet youre glad you didnt swim along with Len Fairclough!! Yeah Thumbs up for that one mate!

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Thu 31 Jan, 2008 9:48 pm

cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: edgey2001 wrote: Reminds me of the time I did a sponsored swim in Bradford at Wibsey Baths in the the early 80's, it was one those old Victorian baths with the changing rooms on the side of the pool, really mankie and dirty, 2 weeks later the council emptied the pool to clean it out and the sides caved in, I dont think it re-opened after that. hey hey! i did a sponsored swim at the olympics,with david wilkie in 1981,i think it was called swimalong,as many lengths as poss in 10 mins. I bet youre glad you didnt swim along with Len Fairclough!! you must be pushing my age mate to even remember him,let alone the court case...lol

Si · Post by Si » Fri 01 Feb, 2008 9:07 am

I can even remember Jerry Booth!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sun 02 Mar, 2008 7:55 pm

Well i've finally got round to finishing off my behind the scenes look of the International pool story. I was going to wait until it was been demolished but the attention to the Accumulator sculpture has brought it forward a bit Many many thanks to Chris Csnosi, Leeds City Council and Terry Farley for this one. Hope you enjoy.http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =361721416

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 02 Mar, 2008 8:19 pm

Phill_d wrote: Well i've finally got round to finishing off my behind the scenes look of the International pool story. I was going to wait until it was been demolished but the attention to the Accumulator sculpture has brought it forward a bit Many many thanks to Chris Csnosi, Leeds City Council and Terry Farley for this one. Hope you enjoy.http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =361721416 Usual good efrort Phill - still gave us the colly-wobles when you got a bit close to the edge to take advantage of the height to look at the rest of town! The wind just there can gust at upto twice the strength of the general blowingness, even catches out people on ground level.Give me a shout if you intend going back for the demo men!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sun 02 Mar, 2008 8:27 pm

Thanks Chamaleon. Yes i definitely will be getting some demo shots. I'll be replacing those exterior shots when the sun shines/sunset stuff. I had to grab those shots quick before we scaled the clock tower.. The sculpture thing in the pool kind off brought this forward a bit

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 02 Mar, 2008 8:55 pm

Phill_d wrote: Well i've finally got round to finishing off my behind the scenes look of the International pool story. I was going to wait until it was been demolished but the attention to the Accumulator sculpture has brought it forward a bit Many many thanks to Chris Csnosi, Leeds City Council and Terry Farley for this one. Hope you enjoy.http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =361721416 That's absolutely brilliant. Thankyou.