Liquid assets : the lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain / Janet Smith ; editor, Simon Inglis ; [foreword by Tracey Emim].

Main entry:

Smith, Janet.

Title & Author:

Liquid assets : the lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain / Janet Smith ; editor, Simon Inglis ; [foreword by Tracey Emim].

Publication:

Description:

187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.

Series:

Played in Britain

Notes:
1. Georgian and Victorian -- 2. 20th century -- 3. London -- 4. Design -- 5. Lido life -- 6. Case studies -- Tooting Bec Lido : Wandsworth -- South Bay bathing pool : Scarborough -- Open air baths : Blackpool -- The Knap bathing pool : Barry -- Margate Lido : Cliftonville -- Sea bathing lake : Southport -- Finchley Lido : London -- St. Leonard's bathing pool : Hastings -- Guildford Lido : Guildford -- Open air pool : Stonehaven -- The bathing pool : New Brighton -- Sandford Parks Lido : Cheltenham -- Jubilee pool : Penzance -- Purley Way Lido : Croydon -- Hilsea Lido : Portsmouth -- Uxbridge Lido : Uxbridge -- Tinside Lido : Plymouth -- Victoria Park Lido : London -- Peterborough Lido : Peterborough -- Portobello bathing pool : Edinburgh -- Super swimming stadium : Morecambe -- Larkswood pool : Chingford -- Bathing pool : Weston-super-Mare -- Brockwell Park Lido : London -- Broomhill pool : Ipswich -- Saltdean Lido : Brighton -- Parliament Hill Fields Lido : London -- 7. Community -- 8. Future.
Also issued online.

Summary:

In this volume, Smith traces the development of Britain's suprisingly rich stock of lidos, starting with their muddy beginnings in London's parks, through their fashionable heyday in the Thirties, to their battle for survival today.

ISBN:

0954744500 (hardcover)
9780954744502 (hardcover)

Subject:

Swimming pools Great Britain Pictorial works.
Swimming pools Great Britain History Pictorial works.
Piscines Grande-Bretagne Ouvrages illustrés.
Piscines Grande-Bretagne Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc United Kingdom, Great Britain.
Water sports & recreations United Kingdom, Great Britain.
Swimming pools
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Inglis, Simon.
Played in Britain.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253818
Call No.: BIB 183613
Status: Available

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