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Westcliff Baths

Westcliff Pool c1955 Ref: S155047
Westcliff Pool c1955
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I learned to swim here in the 1950s. The water was freezing, every day there was a notice showing the supposed water temperature, taken with a warmed thermometer I think! We used to queue up at the beginning of the swimming season to aquire a season ticket. My brothers always managed to have enough swims to get their money back by July. There was a Water Ballet show in the summer, every time I hear the music 'Sleepy Lagoon' I think of the Westcliff Baths.

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A memory of Southend-On-Sea in Essex shared on Wednesday, 27th October 2010.

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