22 August 1938: The newly opened Parliament Hill Fields lido is part of a scheme designed to give everybody the chance of swimming in cheerful surroundings
Fleet Street, Sunday
A fine swimming pool with wide terraces for sun-bathing, with changing-rooms, lockers (over a thousand of them), and cafe, was opened by the London County Council at Parliament Hill Fields yesterday. This “Lido” – the name is a memorial of Mr. George Lansbury at the Office of Works – is at the southernmost end of Hampstead Heath, easy to get at for the thousands of people packed into Gospel Oak, Kentish Town, Camden Town, and neighbouring districts. The surrounding wall suggests that inside is to be found the warmth and shelter that inhabit the kitchen gardens of country estates. Inside all is colour. The water looks as blue as the penguin pond at the Zoo.
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