The long-lost Bristol lido with cheap entry and floating pubs

The wild swimming boom has brought back a love for outdoor lidos, almost a century after their 'golden era' in the 1930s. There are long-promised plans for a pool to return to Eastville Park , but this is not the only east Bristol location that once had people splashing around.

A 2007 report in the Bristol Times, part of the Bristol Post, shared the story of the Alcove Road Lido in Fishponds .

It reopened in the 1960s under the ownership of Bristol businessman and entrepreneur Raymond Purnell. The lido had thrived before, in the 1930s, having previously served as a quarry then a clay pit in the Victorian era.

The 1960s takeover was said to be designed to "inject new life into what was an ailing attraction", spanning some

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