This article is only available to our subscribers. You are seeing it today for free. Subscribe today to enjoy unlimited advert-light access and exclusive content. Your subscription will help fund the vital, trusted coverage that our communities need. FROM adoration to disgust, joyfulness to sadness – it’s the Bournemouth leisure site that’s evoked almost every emotion among locals over the years. Before the town’s controversial IMAX building came and went, the much-loved Pier Approach Baths provided residents and visitors with a hub of entertainment. Here we track the evolution of the site, from much-loved swimming baths, to one of the most hated buildings in the country at one point.