A photograph believed to show pupils from St Bega's at the Open-Air Swimming Pool, date approx 1930.
Donor : Mr. Bobby Black
Creator : unknown
Location
The open-air swimming pool was opened in 1923. It was badly damaged during the great storm of January 1953, and was never fully repaired. The surviving remains of the pool itself are mostly obscured by seaweed, and all of the shoreward structures have long gone.
More detail »The original school opened in 1884 in an old Presbyterian chapel and three cottages in Throston Street and there were 290 on roll. The current St Bega's School in Thorpe Street opened in 1973 and the old buildings were demolished in June 1976.
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