Kingsmere Lido ยท The archive
Eighty-five years of the lido, on one sheet.
Eight frames off one contact sheet, in the order they were filed. No caption runs to a paragraph: a date, a few words, and the photograph does the rest.
1934
The pool opens
1941
Taken by the navy
1958
The diving stage
1972
Heated at last
1986
Padlocked
1994
Two thousand names
2003
The water returns
2019
The east wall mural