Guildford Lido Present & Past

I know... "It's not our Lido!" But what the heck, it's kids having fun at the pool!

© Cool Poolslide
Has anyone got a picture like this one at our Lido? One of yours that we can use here.

The Lido opens for business at the end of April up until mid September, 7 days a week.

Guildfords green and blue oasis maintains a heated temperature of not less than
23 centigrade.

The water is defiantly Cristal Clear, and warm. Offering water slides and paddling pools to keep the kids happy all day long.

(© Flexpools-guildford-lido)

I know how good it is, I remember having so much fun swimming diving and chatting to the girls. All good old fashioned harmless fun. Yep makes for good memories.

There's a Cafe and plenty of hot and cold snacks, you know, big fat juicy "Hamburgers" and "Hot Dogs". Yum! Plus the got to have Ice cream selection.

Close to the town centre, though a good 15 minuet walk from the main line station.
The Lido gardens still retain a good amount of the early 1930's feel.

It's a great place to just chill out, take the kids and have a picnic.

Here's a first: Free parking!
The Accountants missed this one while cutting back, a good job too. 

Keep an eye open on this One...

Still open as we speak. Let's keep it that way.

Meaning of the word Lido
So what dose Lido mean in English?
"A public place for recreational use, that includes a Swimming Pool for swimmers
and or water sports".

From the Latin, litus, (Shore). Lido, an island beach for bathing near by Venice.
My, my, that's a bit romantic.

History
The Guildford Lido first opened for business in 1933 at a cost of £13,000, and was built by locally unemployed men. In todays prices this represents a price of around £2,340,000. 2.3 M. Please correct me if I have this wrong...  Zeal Speculation and Investment

So Instead of all this cutting back, why can't we take a leaf out of the 1933 book?

Our Lido was one of 12 Lidos opened between 1870 and 1939. The first one was the Newbury Lido. The Banbury - Wood Green Lido the last Lido to open in 1939

In the old days
we had a 3 stage diving board. Great fun. But P.C. has taken them down,
just in case, well we'd better be safe say the lawyers. What if someone got hurt?
I don't personally remember anyone getting seriously hurt, a bit of bent pride,
that's all I remember.

There's too much mamby pamby cottonwood coddling for my liking these days.
Let the kids have some fun, and just put a plaster on the little injured soldiers.
They'll be better off in the long run.

Alas not only the diving boards but the lovely fountains are now gone.
Filled with some sort greenery, not very good, they used to infused the atmosphere
with sound, and that clean water smell.

© Guildford Borough Council

Shame on Accountants
and their ugly savings of point % this, and point that %, I'd happily pay another 50p to keep them, but no, no one ever asks us. I bet 50p per party, of say 4 people would cover it...

When applying this "Saving Money" stuff, why not give us an alternative, and let us vote on it! That's what I say. What about you? What do you think?

Come on Guildford, have your say, make a comment!

You can get the times and prices at the link below.
 
Guildford Lido Stoke Road,
Guildford, Surrey.
GU1 1HB 01483 444888
guildfordlido.co.uk

Has anyone got some videos or stories of our Lido, there doesn't seem to be many about!