History of Beccles Lido: Exhibition


BECCLES and District Museum is currently hosting an exhibition about the long history of Beccles


Lido.


The exhibition has been put together by Suzanne Gibbons, one of the directors of Beccles Lido Ltd. She has drawn on a wide range of material from the collections of the museum, local


newspapers and the


photographs of local people. The earliest images are of the old granary which became the first changing rooms in the 1870s.


This was superseded


by ‘The Bathing Place’, built in 1894, which had much better changing facilities but still involved swimming in the river. The present site opened in 1959. The


exhibition, commemorates which the 10th


anniversary of the acquisition of the pool by Beccles Lido Ltd, runs until September 8th. The museum is open every afternoon,


except Monday,


from 1.45pm to 4.30pm and entrance is free. In the photo Barry Darch,


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chairman of the museum trustees,


1930s-style one-piece swim- suit, specially the


is wearing knitted


a for


anniversary celebrations by Mrs Hazel George to an authentic pattern. Dr Darch said, ‘The Lido is a wonderful asset for the town and area and a great testimony to the volunteers past and present who showed considerable


initiative in


taking it over and developing it into a facility which gives huge pleasure to young and old alike. It has a fascinating history going back a century and a half.’


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