The council in our town (Daventry) closed our lido about 2 years ago,and really the pool was stolen by them.
About 50 years ago 5 children were drowned,in a local lake,so the people of Daventry without the help of the council,raised the funds (raffles,jumble sales and suchlike) to build a lido,so that no such tragedy could ever happen again.
In recent times,the council who paid for the upkeep,said they couldn't afford it,it didn't occur to them the money could have been saved,by sacking about half the "suits" who wouldn't have been missed.
My view was,the council showed a depraved lack of care for the children of our town.