Sep 29, 2013

GIGI CIFALI :: ABSENCE OF WATER ::

SOHO MARSHALL POOL
LONDON

MOSELEY BATHS
BIRMINGHAM

UXBRIDGE LIDO 
LONDON

HILSEA LIDO
PORTSMOUTH

TUDOR GRANGE POOL
SOLIHULL

ELTHAM 
PARK LIDO

ABSENCE OF WATER

Having been built in the late Victorian period, public lidos and baths were at the peak of their popularity in the 1930s. Gradually, living conditions and tastes have changed, resulting in a drop of attendances, leaving the public pools uneconomical to run. Many fell into decay and many were demolished. Symbols of civic and architectural pride in Victorian times, today only a handful of them remain as a representation of bygone era.

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