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| 16 June 2008 |
The Lido will be open for a Mid-Summer Night Swim from 7.00 to 10.00 pm on Saturday 21st June 2008. There will be a barbeque, music and the chance to watch dusk fall over the water.
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| 16 May 2008 |
Fusion has announced that the pool will open for the 2008 season at 6.30 am on Wednesday 21 May 2008.
Fusions's Jeremy Lakes says:
The recent work on the pool plant is complete and the pool has been fully drained and the tank jetwashed. The pool is now being filled with fresh new water ready for the opening at 6.30am on Wednesday, 21 May. Look forward to seeing you there. See leaflet with 2008 season prices. |
| 22 Dec 2007 | Brockwell Lido hosted a highly successful Mid-Winter Swim on Saturday 22nd December. |
| 31 July 2007 | On Saturday 4th August, famous comedian and poet Paul Lyalls will be by the pool and on Sunday 5th August acclaimed local poet Francesca Beard will be by the pool. Both poets will be helping bathers to write their feelings, thoughts and ideas about the Lido and other watery experiences. Bathers are advised to be there promptly at 2 pm on Saturday to catch Paul Lyall's sparkling performance before getting down to wordsmithing themselves. This event is free with swim ticket. It is sponsored by BBC RaW and Brockwell Lido Users. |
| 31 July 2007 | If you are an early morning swimmer and you swim more than three times a week you will benefit from the new "early morning swimmers" season ticket. If you buy one this week it will cost you £56 to swim from 6.45 to 10am Monday to Friday from now until September 16th. In addition it will entitle you to swim at other times for £2.69 rather than £5.20. All season tickets are reduced weekly to reflect the number of weeks remaining in the season so it is never too late to buy one a save money. |
| 28 Aug 2006 | At the end of Monday 28 August 2006, the pool will be closed for the summer 2006 season and refurbishment works on the Lido
will begin in earnest. Whippersnappers will continue in the café building. Yoga, Tai Chi and other 'dry' activities will continue
according to the normal timetable in a temporoary structure within the Lido complex.
In the interest of public health and safety the the Lambeth Parks Department and the building contractor have now decided that as of Tuesday 29 August 2006, the Brockwell Park car park will be closed to the public. With the redevelopment starting in earnest, more and more large pieces of machinery will be required onsite and all of the materials will need be delivered into the car park. |
| 8 Aug 2006 | The Twentieth Century Society has named Brockwell Lido as itys 'building of the month'. See the www.c20society.org.uk/ for details. |
| 9 Jun 2006 | Lambeth Council and Fusion have now (finally!) signed a long term agreement securing the future of the Lido.
£2.5 million will be invested in improvements to the Lido complex under a 25 year lease for Fusion to run the Lido.
Construction work is likely to start at the end of the 2006 summer swimming season and be completed before swimming starts in 2007.
Provision is being made for yoga, whippersnappers and other 'year round' activities to continue uninterrupted.
See the Lambeth news page for more details. |
| 5 Feb 2006 | The Theatre Of Relativity are performing a new production of The Blue Room by David Hare with performances on 17, 18 and 19 Febuary at Brockwell Lido at 8pm. Tickets are £6 and £4 (concessions). Strictly adults only. There is some brief partial nudity. The box office number is 020 7431 9176. See www.theatreofrelativity.co.uk/ for more details. |
| 16 Sep 2005 | BLU's AGM was held on Saturday 10 September. The minutes include a section on the questions and answers session with Fusion's Rob Pagano. |
| 7 June 2005 | The Lido pool is being repaired, sandblasted and repainted ready for re-opening. There is a provisional opening date of 1 July 2005.
If the work is finished before that date the pool will open but it seems unlikely. Hours will be:
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| 17 Apr 2005 | Fusion's plans to begin work on the extension to the Lido buildings in April have been delayed by discovery of a water main to the south of the building. Until Thames Water has conducted a survey to identify the exact route of the water it is impossible to know whether the main will have to be diverted at considerable cost and delay. There will be a swimming season this summer but the length of it will depend on the decision about the water main. Watch this space for further news. |
| 12 Mar 2005 | Fusion has still not signed a lease for the long term management of the Lido, but progress is being made. More details are in our March 2005 Newsletter. |
| 8 Oct 2004 |
BLU's AGM on Saturday 16 October (see below) will seek approval of the constitution of a Lido Stering Group (LSG) that will provide a
formal structure which ensures that users and community organisations have:
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| 18 Sept 2004 | BLU's AGM is scheduled for Saturday 16 October from 10 am to 12 noon. More details are in our September 2004 Newsletter. |
| 7 July 2004 |
At 3.30 pm on 7 July 2004 The London Pools Campaign will arrive and you are invited to a special event at the Lido to call attention
to the London-wide threat to pools organised by the London Pools Campaign. After a day of swims and photo shoots at pools across London, the
campaign will come to Brockwell Lido for the last lap of the cross London swim at 3.30.
Do come and join in to show how important pools are to you!
At 4.00 Kate Hoey, Ken Warpole and Duncan Goodhew will open the photo exhibition showing photos of pools that have closed or are threatened
with closure. Brockwell has been chosen for the launch because it is surviving---so a positive culmination to the day.
Do come to swim or just to the launch from 4.00 pm to about 6.00 pm. |
| 28 June 2004 | The Lido swimming pool is now open after its short period of closure for repairs. |
| 16 June 2004 | The Lido swimming pool is temporarily closed for essential repairs but Paddy Castledine reports that they hope to reopen on 28 June. We advise that you ring 020 7274 3088 to check the progress on the repairs before making a journey to the Lido for a swim. However, all classes at the Lido are open as usual. | 2 June 2004 | Paddy Castledine has advised us that the pool will be open from midday on Saturday 5 June 2004. |
| 10 May 2004 | The Lido pool will be opened under the management of the same managers as the past few years for summer 2004. Fusion is expected to take over after the summer season. Our May 2004 Newsletter provides more details. |
| 5 Mar 2004 | Planning permission has been granted for Lido building changes proposed by Fusion. See the Fusion News Release for details. |
| 7 Feb 2004 | BLU's February 2004 Newsletter is out explaining the status of Lambeth negotiations with Lambeth. Timetables for Whippersnappers and yoga + other classes are on this site. |
| 21 Nov 2003 | Whippersnappers are having a public meeting at the Lido at 2:00pm on Saturday 6 December 2003 to present their plans regarding a possible relocation to the Football Changing Rooms in Brockwell Park. Click here for details. |
| 10 Oct 2003 | Fusion has issued a leaflet describing its plans for the Lido and how to comment on them. The plans and BLU's continuing role is described in our October Newsletter. |
| 30 Aug 2003 | Fusion has issued a News Release regarding its appointment to manage the Lido. Fusion has also issued a Briefing Pack describing its approach to running the Lido and its planned investment. The pack describes changes to the building required following the Lido's Grade II Listing. These involve building out into the park by 6 ½ metres as an alternative to building in over current sun-bathing space. When plans are finalised, BLU will advise all our members so any comments may be taken before Fusion seeks official planning approval for the changes. |
| 11 Aug 2003 | The Lido has been made a Grade II Listed Building. See the Lambeth council news release for details. This has implications for building changes proposed by Fusion. BLU will advise proposed changes to Fusion's plans as they are made available. |
| 14 Jul 2003 | On 14 July the Executive Group of Lambeth Council voted to award Fusion a 25-year lease on Brockwell Lido, subject to planning permission being granted for Fusion's proposals and agreement over documentation. See our July news letter for details. |
| 15 Jun 2003 | See our Chair's report presented to our our AGM on Sunday 15 June. |
| 27 May 2003 | See our May news letter for details of our AGM on Sunday 15 June, a Lido Festival day on Sunday 8 June, an update on the Lido future and opening hours for this season. |
| 15 Apr 2003 | Paddy Castledine and Casey McGlue have just announced that the pool and café will be open from 12.00 noon to late afternoon each day during the Easter weekend----starting at lunch time on Good Friday. Please let your friends know. However, if the bright sun should disappear, do ring the Lido, 020 7274 3088 to check that it is open before planning your swim. |
| 6 Apr 2003 | The status of proposals for long term management of the Lido is given in our April Newsletter. |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Summaries and plans provided by the three bidders to run the Lido have been made available on our documents page. |
| 22 Jan 2003 | BLU is holding a meeting from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday 15 February 2003 to review proposals made by bidders for a lease on the Lido and take comments from members. See this page for full details. |
| 18 Oct 2002 | BLU members are invited to a private viewing of an exhibition of paintings of the Lido by Andrew Bylo to take place from 7:00 pm on Thursday November 7th. See this page for details. |
| 5 Oct 2002 | BLU held a meeting for all members. See this page for details. The meeting discussed members' criteria for the selection of an organistion to take on a lease to run the Lido. A Lambeth council officer sumarised expressions of interest received. These are described in our Management Proposals. Please e-mail any further comments by 14 October 2002. |
| 7 Sep 2002 | BLU has scheduled a meeting of ALL members on Saturday 5 October 2002 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon at the Lido café. The meeting will give you a chance to air your views on long term proposals for the Lido. See our September 2002 news letter for details. |
| 7 Sep 2002 | The Lido is officially closed for swimming for 2002. Yoga, Whippersnappers and other activities continue as usual. Call 020 7274 3088 or check the Lido Web site for details. |
| 28 Aug 2002 | The current Lido managers have announced the final barbeque of the year which is scheduled for Friday 30 August, 7:30 for 8:00 pm. There will be plenty of under cover tables as they are having marquees. |
| 30 Jul 2002 | Lambeth council has pledged funding to enable the Lido to remain solvent and to complete the swimming season. See details in our August 2002 news letter. |
| 22 Jul 2002 | Lambeth council has issued this press release on the future of the Lido. |
| 19 Jul 2002 | Sadly, the very poor weather has created a financial crisis for the Lido
and the Paddy and Casey, the present managers, say that without some
financial help they will be forced to close in about two weeks. Clare
Whelan, the councillor with executive responsibility for Environment, has
asked Lambeth officers to see Paddy and Casey early next week to explore
measures to keep the Lido open. Unfortunately this news came too late for the last BLU newsletter but we will let members know as soon as we find out more. |
| 7 Jul 2002 | We have made availble here on our Web site a Lambeth document inviting expressions of interest from organisations wishing to develop the Lido. Please bring this to the attention of such organisations whose objectives are consistent with BLU's. The closing date for expressions of interest is 14 August 2002. |
| 26 Jun 2002 | There will be a BBQ at the Lido on Saturday, 29 June from 8.00 pm. Price is £17.50 for swimming, food and dancing. |
| 18 Jun 2002 | Good news! The pool is now open every day from 12 noon to 6pm.
It will open for early morning swimming from next Monday, 24th June.
If the sunny weather holds up it may stay open a bit later in the evenings to cater for after-work swimming.
Ring the Lido (020 7274 3088) to check and for weekend opening times.
There will be a barbeque with floodlit swimming this Friday (weather permitting) from 8pm to midnight to celebrate the opening of the swimming season. Tickets 15 pounds for adults and 7 pounds for children. Phone the Lido to book. |
| 14 May 2002 | Paddy, from the Lido, has advised:
...we are opening during the forthcoming hot spell - 12 midday to 6pm - Thursday 16th May to Sunday 19th May. The Lido can be contacted on 020 7274 3088 to check opening days and hours. |
| 25 Apr 2002 | Paddy and Casey, who currently manage the Lido, have turned on the taps! Weather permitting the pool will open on 4 May 2002. However, they have not yet signed a formal contract with Lambeth for the current season. |
| 10 Apr 2002 | BLU has issued a newsletter to all members updating them on the group's activity and the ststus of the Lido. BLU has also sent this letter to all candidates for the Council elections on 2 May 2002. See our Elections page for candidate responses. |
| 22 Mar 2002 | The Lambeth consultation on the "Parks and Greenspaces Strategic Plan" ends on 31 March. It's a chance to feed back views to Lambeth on Brockwell Park and the Lido. The consultation booklet is available from the Town Hall Information shop. Contact Gideon Taylor at Lambeth Council for more details. |
| 28 Feb 2002 | Lambeth have released a report from the public meeting of 31 January 2002. The council has scheduled the first meeting of the Lido steering group for early March. |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Lambeth held a public meeting on 31 January 2002 to discuss the future of the Lido. Three BLU representatives were appointed to a council advisory committee on proposals for the Lido. Read the council's press release following the meeting. |
| 19 Jan 2002 | BLU held a meeting for its members at the Lido. Approximately 100 people attended. The meeting approved BLU's constitution and a list of objectives. The minutes of the meeting describe what took place in more detail. |
| Dec 2001 | BLU issued a formal response to the council's report reviewing options for the Lido. |
| Nov 2001 | Lambeth Council issued a report by independent consultants describing options for the future of the Lido. |