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Portobello Outdoor Swimming Pool
Unknown, 1936, Photograph
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Portobello Outdoor Swimming Pool
Portobello Outdoor Swimming Pool
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7897
Title
Portobello Outdoor Swimming Pool
Description
A view of Portobello outdoor pool. People queue for their turn on the diving boards while others sit around in their bathing costumes poolside. Spectators watch from the seating around the pool, while some talk to the bathers.
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Unknown
Date
1936
Size
20 x 15.8 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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Portobello's outdoor swimming pool was opened in 1936. It was equipped with diving boards and a wave machine, and was open between May and September. The pool's proximity to a power station gave it access to heated water, but also meant that it had to be covered for the duration of World War II to prevent it being used as a marker by German bombers. The actor Sean Connery served as a Portobello lifeguard in the post war period. The pool was closed in 1979, not long after the power station, and the area is now used for five-a-side football.
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Edinburgh Swimming Pools
Portobello Open Air Swimming Pool
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