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💥 A swimmable Thames in 10 years 💥
If @SadiqKhan is re-elected Mayor of LDN 02/05, we can finally have a serious conversation about how to make the #Thames swimmable.
There are so many phases to achieving this that we need to start now.
@future_lidos #swimmablecities – at London, England
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Listen here for insight into how to build a pool! Our very own @chrisromerlee joins in the chat with @EllieSimmonds1 and @VenhoevenCS.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5t…
‘In The Studio’ constructed by @schmotime for @spiritlandprod & @bbcworldservice
#swimming #lidos #lido #futurelidos
Tarlair Outdoor Pool. 8 months into our restoration & extension of the Category A Listed #ArtDeco pavilion.
Drone photography by Euan Reid. – at Macduff, Scotland
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Exciting to see @future_lidos launch their Toolkit today! Part of the Pooling Resources project that is supporting the revival of lidos across the UK including Saltcoats Bathing Pond in Ayrshire 🏊
ALT An architects drawing of how a restored Saltcoats bathing pond might look
Today, thanks to #NationalLottery players, @future_lidos launch their digital Lido Toolkit to help those who are working to revive or create lidos across the UK.
It includes guidance on environmental sustainability, inclusivity and business development👉 heritagefund.org.uk/projects…
ALT An aerial view of Tinside in Plymouth. Credit: Plymouth Active Leisure and DW Aerial Solutions
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3 years ago a group of us got together & established @future_lidos. A successful @HeritageFundUK application enabled us to build a #lido toolkit to help campaigners across the #UK & #Ireland. Today it’s gone live! Enjoy. #lidos #futurelidos
futurelidos.org/home – at London, England
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Have you NOMINATED? 👀💥
for OUR 2024 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture, Fountains and Conservation Nominate in our easy online form HERE pssauk.org/awards/ 📷 Writ in Water Mark Wallinger/Studio Octopi PSSA Marsh Award Fountains WINNER 2021 @RunnymedeNT
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Sankey Photo Archive shots of a recently opened @savegrangelido. Gorgeous detail. New to me, new to SGL? sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collec… #lidos #cumbria #grangelido – at London, England
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NEWS: "The momentum and support that we are gaining for a tidal sea pool is growing daily..." #iwnews #isleofwight #iow
iwradio.co.uk/news/local-com…
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The Saddlery is a listed south London home that nods to its past and looks to the future trib.al/4U6seIC
The Saddlery, Blackheath.
Grade II Listed house extension just completed.
📷 @AgneseSanvito
🏗️ #FosterStructures
🖊️ Ellie @wallpapermag
#blackheath #lewisham #extension #architecture #homes
wallpaper.com/architecture/r… – at London, England
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🏊🏼♀️More lido-related good news: The Category A listed Tarlair Pool in Aberdeenshire (1929-31) has to be one of the most spectacular bathing spots in the British Isles.
After a decade long community campaign, in 2024 the Art Deco pavilion & cafe will be restored by @StudioOctopi👏🏻
ALT Tarlair Pool pictured in 2023, in a state of dereliction. Image: Tailor-Made Itineraries
ALT A visualisation of how Tarlair Pool pavilion will look after restoration. Image: Studio Octopi
ALT Tarlair Pool pictured in the 1930s
"I just don't take 'no' for an answer. The more people said that it wouldn't work, the more I wanted to make it happen. And look at us now."
An exciting year ahead for #Tarlair, with the cafe and pavilion to re-open after a decade of community action. buff.ly/3RZxmPB
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More than 12 years after the initial campaign group of three formed, #Tarlair has an
exciting future ahead, securing a 99-year lease and working with @StudioOctopi.
“We just had to do it for the community. We want to bring back the buzz.” buff.ly/47LA7Ko
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Bringing historic pools back into use isn’t quick or easy, but it’s a journey we are committed to because groups like the Friends Of Tarlair have shown it’s possible.
If you’d like to get involved please get in touch.
Tarlair.
Astonishing site.
Phase 2 pavilion refurb & extension completing Autumn 2024.
octopi.co.uk/tarlair-outdoor…
On Monday we grabbed a few hours with @AgneseSanvito to photograph our extension to a Grade II Listed house in #Blackheath. Very lucky with the weather, felt like spring. – at Blackheath, England
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Thanks @WACommunity for including #SeaPools on your top 10 #architecture #books. @BatsfordBooks #outdoorswimming #swimming #oceanpools #tidalpools #xmasgift
worldarchitecture.org/archit…
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Can we have an Open-air swimming pool in @theriversevern as proposed by @StudioOctopi for middle of @riverThames in #London - Sport_England @Swim_England @R_lamburn @tphollingsworth @_ukactive @originalshrews @ShrewsburyBID @bigtownplan @sebslater xitter.cf/Quarry_Pool/status/159…
Can we have an Open-air swimming pool in @theriversevern as proposed by @StudioOctopi for middle of @riverThames in #London - @Sport_England @Swim_England @R_lamburn @tphollingsworth @_ukactive https://xitter.cf/t.co/OUbrMId4oo - @originalshrews @ShrewsburyBID @bigtownplan @sebslater
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City Floating Baths, #RiverDee, #Chester.
Built 1883, silted up in 1888, broke free in 1899 ending up on the weir and sold for scrap in 1901. #floatingpool #riverswimming
Remembering our proposal with @beckettrankine @EXP_Eng @jacksoncoles Houlder Limited & Securewest International to adapt the soon to be decommissioned Woolwich Ferries. Costs were a fraction of all the other proposed schemes at £55m. – at London, England
MPs to consider third option for Westminster restoration bit.ly/484qzdW
