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Karen Pittaway s painting of the Kenilworth Lido.
Campaigners trying to save outdoor swimming in Kenilworth are appealing for the public to share their memories of the lido in Abbey Fields to celebrate the 125th anniversary of it being opened next month.
The lido opened in June 1896 and members of the Lido Campaign group are asking people in the town if they can contribute to the celebration.
Clive Peacock, of the group, said: So much has happened over those 125 years, many happy memories stored, changes to the LIDO configuration when the indoor pool was opened in October 1986, and, for the last four years a struggle to prevent the LIDO s permanent closure.
Photo - Wild Animals, Midge Point – the Postie will get through
How is this for a story - 40 years late. A recent News.com article told the story of how the Viewbank Tennis Club were astonished to find a box delivered by Australia Post of sew-on patches, believed to have been ordered in the mid-1970s.
The reason given by Australia Post: The box apparently fell behind some machinery at an Australia Post sorting centre, only to be discovered decades later as staff prepared to move.
All those people who have been told their cheque is in the mail and never get it - might now know where all those envelopes are!