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Portobello Bathing Pool
Rushbrook, A. H., 1937, Photograph
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Portobello Bathing Pool
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Title
Portobello Bathing Pool
Description
The exterior of the Art Deco outdoor swimming pool in Portobello in Edinburgh. Two flagpoles flank the entranceway and there is a lorry parked outside.
Artist / maker
Rushbrook, A. H.
Date
1937
Size
40.7 x 58.2 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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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