The Story of the lost Scarborough South Bay Pool
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2023
- Scarborough South Bay Pool in North Yorkshire was once one of Scarborough’s main tourist attractions. The pool was one of many masterpieces designed by Scarborough’s former Borough Engineer, Harry Smith. In this video I cover the creation of the pool all the way through to its demise in the 1980s.
Scarborough was, and still is, one of the UK's most visited holiday destinations. It's also able to boast being Britain's first seaside resort and for the best part of a century, the South Bay Pool was one of its key attractions.
As referenced in the video, I’ve put this one together on the back of some excellent research by Doug Stuart. Here is a link to his website, as promised in the video - cambridge-photographer.co.uk/...
Thank you for your great video, the man who set himself on fire before diving in for the show was my father, my mother was one of the display swimmers, that’s how they met. So I exist only because of the south bay pool
Lovely video. What an absolute travesty that there is no memorial to a place that had many great memories for people of the past 😢 this country of ours is shameful
Those changing rooms could have been used for all sorts without demolishing them. The Colosseum in Rome hasn't been used with the gladiators for quite some time now, but still standing tall. It's all council's know what to do is demolish everything and for everyone to forget their local history. Could have been made into café or seasonal holiday huts or just a place to sit and look at the sea. Great video.
Lovely video as always. Its amazing how many attractions have been and gone in Scarborough alone and I'm staggered that theres nothing marking the site of the old pool to inform what went before - its not like it would cost a fortune! The historical vandalism in this country over the years is deeply saddening.
I walk down there regularly and remember standing in the cold concrete floored changing rooms. It's a shame some of the buildings couldn't have been retained but that's the council all over! Top film work as always!😊
Hello, my name is Eric and I was in a care home in Scarborough in the 70's and loved every minute.
Sad events, and no recognition of what once was is a great shame.
I fear the nostalgic seaside town is a thing of the past. Such a shame. Great piece Andrew and god to see you back
Core memory unlocked. I was here on a family holiday about 1980/81 when I was a child. I remember walking around this pool, it was a right windy day and grey & over cast so there were no swimmers, but I remember feeling scared looking into the water, as it was so dark I couldn't see the bottom and the wind was causing waves on the surface, my dad grabbing my hand and pulling me back from the edge in case the wind blew me in.
Brilliant video as usual.
Fascinating video. Such a shame places like this are gone.
My parents moved to Oxfordshire from Manchester when I was 4. My grandparents moved to York. During the school summer holidays, myself and my brother were dropped off at my grandparents for a couple of weeks.
Lovely video. Such a shame, but as they say use it or lose it.
A very welcome return with a lovely piece reminding us of gone beauties.
Thanks for that , what a shame so many of these landmarks disappear never to be seen again.
Thank you Andrew. I first swam in this pool in 1981. The changing rooms etc. felt fairly rickety then. It is a pity that it was demolished. In other seaside resorts, Lido's have come into their own again. I wonder how it might have looked today instead of the star map, which isn't that interesting to most people.
A very interesting but also very sad video. It's been so long since I visited Scarborough that I didn't realise that the pool and the buildings had been demolished. I just had to check, and it was 1993. I can place the year as it was only a few months after Holbeck Hall collapsed into the sea. I'm pretty sure that there was at least a bar that was stil open in the pavilon building, but I maybe wrong. Can't believe that was 30 years ago. So sad that there isn't at least a memorial to such an amazing pool etc that would have brought so much joy to so many. Great video and passionate well research information as always.
A glorious look into the past - thank you
Another superb video mate,i cant remember that pool at the south bay,but i remember the water park & theme park above it at north bay,had some brilliant times there,i sometimes bike around Scarborough & its sad to see that theres nothing at all to suggest how important & popular this part of history was/is 👍👍
A more imaginative replacement for the pool could and should have been envisaged - maybe some ornamental landscaping/garden, a water feature and some historical commemoration of what was once a thriving attraction. Thank you for a very interesting video.