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Bikeral72
master brummie
Nice to see the swans are still prominent at Wydley pool Dave. The little Coots didn't seem to be too bothered about their giant friends.
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Wendy
Guest
Lovely !
Keepers Pool may have been deep at one time, but by the late 60's when a few of us from Vesey went there in the Summer, it was very muddy, and only just 6 ft deep in the middle. I CAN vouch for it being cold though !
When I joined the Ambulance service, places like these were often the sites of diving accidents due to lessened depths. Many so-called 'Open Water' sites were also prone to yobs throwing things in throughout the 70's & 80's, so broken glass and supermarket trollies became hazards too.
When I joined the Ambulance service, places like these were often the sites of diving accidents due to lessened depths. Many so-called 'Open Water' sites were also prone to yobs throwing things in throughout the 70's & 80's, so broken glass and supermarket trollies became hazards too.
Pity it changed. I presume the diving board and steps all disappeared then when it became shallow. Expect there must have once been changing cabins there too. Viv.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
There are some photos of Keepers Pool on the forum here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=8930&p=292903#post292903
and some information on a forum member's Lost Lidos website here https://www.lostlidos.co.uk/2015/06/12/sutton-park-keepers-pool-1897/
and some information on a forum member's Lost Lidos website here https://www.lostlidos.co.uk/2015/06/12/sutton-park-keepers-pool-1897/
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Viv
A few more photos of Keepers pool lido from it's earliest days when it looks like it was nothing more than a steel tank to just before it was closed down. Why it was closed I'm afraid remains a mystery to me as I'm sure it was well used up to the end. It has to be noted that it wasn't until Birmingham Council took over it's upkeep that it closed.
A few more photos of Keepers pool lido from it's earliest days when it looks like it was nothing more than a steel tank to just before it was closed down. Why it was closed I'm afraid remains a mystery to me as I'm sure it was well used up to the end. It has to be noted that it wasn't until Birmingham Council took over it's upkeep that it closed.
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On a sadder note there was an outbreak of polio in Sutton in the mid/late 1940s and two of my friends at BVGS contracted it, one fairly mildly and one seriously. Swimming at Keepers was rumoured at the time to have been the cause. I think that the lido was closed for a while as a result.
(What a scourge that was, in the days before innoculation wiped it out. Now almost forgotten. The fear of it was widespread and the prospect of landing up in an iron lung was the subject of childhood nightmares).
Chris
(What a scourge that was, in the days before innoculation wiped it out. Now almost forgotten. The fear of it was widespread and the prospect of landing up in an iron lung was the subject of childhood nightmares).
Chris
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Yes Chris, someone I read about at the time had been swimming in Keepers Pool and later went down with polio and died. It cause a great scare at the time and I remember standing in a long queue at the Birmingham Health Department near the Museum waiting to have a polio jab. Swimming in the pool did stop after that.
oldmohawk
oldmohawk
paul stacey
master brummie
I remember the Polio epidemic in "Brum" very well. Paul
Very, very sad for those affected. Polio was still around when I was young and I'd forgotten about the iron lung. I remember kids with braces on their legs as a result of polio. They'd have been lucky to survive at that time then. No surprise the pool was closed down if it was the cause of polio.
Quite honestly the idea of swimming in a natural pool gave me the creeps when I was young (bit of a sissy), much preferred a purpose built swimming pool where I could see my feet. Was OK with paddling though, as long as my feet were on the ground. Viv.
Quite honestly the idea of swimming in a natural pool gave me the creeps when I was young (bit of a sissy), much preferred a purpose built swimming pool where I could see my feet. Was OK with paddling though, as long as my feet were on the ground. Viv.
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Thanks Dave my favourite pool in the park
Hi badpenny - Some photos of the miniature railway in the link below. I also enjoyed rides on it.
https://www.sutton-coldfield.net/minirailway.html
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Remember the railway well
HI DAVEM
For one thing dave for sure i most certainy remember it and it was my aunty maud smart bless her cotton socks died many years back now
we lived at 5\ 92 lichfield road she was my dads sister and she took aload of us there that year even a couple of our play mates
we got the train from Aston station lichfield rd she took us all on that min train around the park and also there was some motor boats
with a steering wheel on i never went on thou the older ones did aunty and my oldest sister went on whilst we waited on the pathe
and we played up to go on that train ; it was fantasic as kids Astonian;;
For one thing dave for sure i most certainy remember it and it was my aunty maud smart bless her cotton socks died many years back now
we lived at 5\ 92 lichfield road she was my dads sister and she took aload of us there that year even a couple of our play mates
we got the train from Aston station lichfield rd she took us all on that min train around the park and also there was some motor boats
with a steering wheel on i never went on thou the older ones did aunty and my oldest sister went on whilst we waited on the pathe
and we played up to go on that train ; it was fantasic as kids Astonian;;
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Pics and video`s from today 10th Nov 2015
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