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In 2004Lewisham Council announced plans to demolish Ladywell Leisure Centre in 2007 - we saved it! The pool will stay open until the forecast replacement is ready.  Sadly the plan is awfully inadequate and instead of being a plan for a community sport and leisure centre it is a plan for a lifestyle pool for the new residential developments to be built in front of Lewisham Station.

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 Tu, Nov 1, 2005

Swimmers left high and dry by neglected pools

Telegraph | Sport | Swimmers left high and dry by neglected pools:

"...Hackney Council are desperate to re-open before local elections next May but it is more likely to be late next summer, 10 years since the original baths were closed.

What happened in Hackney should be studied by all local authorities who are contemplating destroying some of our older and well-built pools to produce 'modern' facilities..."

(Via The Telegraph.)

As in Kentish Town another one of London's neglected pools is threatened with closure, Kate Hoey Mp warns Camden of what sorry tale unfolded in nearby Hackney.

We strongly recommend Mayor Bullock to read the Telegraph this morning. ...read more...

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