Lewisham Pools in the Private Eye
The current issue of
Private Eye, available since yesterday at every respectable newsagent, has a splendid feature on the swimming pools crisis and speaks quite a lot of Lewisham.
The 'Nooks and Corner' column examines in detail the events surrounding Forest Hill Pools and the unacceptable neglect that forced its recent closure after an Health and Safety inspector found decayed wood in the truss holding the glass roof above the pool in spite of works done to it in 1999.
After Forest Hill the Eye goes on to give an overview of the trouble with swimming in England touching on some of the biggest disasters, like the Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney before returning to Lewisham and mentioning Ladywell Pool to explain why pools are "not safe in the borough council's hands".
If you want to read the full article you will have to buy the Private Eye (£1.40).
You'll also be able to read what the current issue of Private Eye writes about Bridget Prentice MP.
In the meantime you can read what the Private Eye wrote about her in the
previous issue.
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