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meters from the main road the whole area was oozing with wildlife. There was an
impressive barn with occupied House Martin nesting boxes. PARLIAMENT HILL LIDO

“Hi, fancy a cup of coffee” Shane Khedoo greeted me with a warm, friendly grin
when I introduced myself to him at the Parliament Hill Lido. Shane had worked at
many pools in London since he came here from Mauritius in 1971. He had worked
as a duty manager at Parliament Hill Lido for 20 years and had actually retired in
2015 but came back to help out. “I was swimming champion of Mauritius in 1969-
71” he said and he still cut a fit figure well into his 60s.

Parliament Hill Lido on
Hampstead Heath is owned
and run by the City of
London and was opened
on 20 . August 1938. It
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measures 61 metres long by

More impressive was the Museum,
housed no not in a pigsty but in
an old chicken shed. There were 27 metres wide. The pool is
magnificent exhibits and Martin unheated and on the sunny
Green had inherited many fossils morning we arrived was a
and full of archeology displays. balmy 20C. It can get up to 24C
This is well worth a visit and much on really hot days. The
appreciated by members corporation also owns and
manages the Heath including
On 5 September we are back to normal meetings. We are having a talk on Hampstead Ponds.
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Garden shrubs and trees. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE. We are meeting at
the old Bere Regis Sports club. Grade ii listed since 1999, it remains a
fantastic example of its kind and
THE Drax Hall is undergoing repairs. I look forward to seeing members there and shows what can be done with the
do not forget the harvest Supper in October. I have asked Paul Openshaw to do support of the corporation. I gather it
a set of songs and poems after the meal. spends £8,000,000 a year running all

Susan Stone the facilities on the Heath.
Around 10 years ago the lido was
refurbished and a stainless steel liner
installed making it positively leak

When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw their proof. Shane told me that after the
installation of the liner, the pool now
advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the effectiveness of has a very fast circulation rate with
the water being treated and returned
their advert and helps us generate more advertising revenue!! to the pool every 5 ¼ hours. And it showed in the clarity of the clear blue water.

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