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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark BrownNorth of England correspondent

Campaign to restore Tynemouth pool gets backing from Bondi Beach

The outdoor pool on Tynemouth Longsands.
The outdoor pool on Tynemouth Longsands was closed in the mid-1990s. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The mayor for Bondi Beach in Sydney is among those lobbying a council in north-east England to support ambitious plans to restore an outdoor swimming pool that fell into disrepair during the 1970s.

Tynemouth outdoor pool was something of an institution for decades after its opening in 1925. Perched on the sprawling and golden Tynemouth Longsands beach, the concrete saltwater pool was a much-loved, if bracing, part of life for generations of local people and visitors.

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