Protest in Portishead over possible closure of its much loved open air swimming pool
I attended the Friends of Portishead Open Air Pool demo on rather wet Monday evening. The future of the pool is clearly worrying the people of Portishead. It is a wonderful resource and in a year when we have done so well at the Olympics, especially at swimming, it seems crazy that the pool may be forced to close by the Tory run Council.
Talking with people at the demo revealed mixed feelings over the management of the pool by DC leisure, including: the hours the pool is open, which means people cannot use the pool after work, and the need for up-grading including installing solar heating which would help to cut down on the use of expensive water heating.
The decision on the future of the pool by the Tory run N-Somerset Council is due in October, let’s see if they see sense and keep it open for the health, exercise and fun of the people of Portishead. In the mean time the pool is open till the end of this month so why not make the trip and have a swim in this magnificent open air pool?
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