Derby Baths

Derby Baths... it's still one of the most talked about parts of Blackpool's past

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00:00 Blackpool's Derby Baths was an Art Deco style pool at North Shore which was impressive and

00:06 held swimming trials and competitions in its earlier days. With its too high for many diving

00:11 boards in place and the added attraction of the slides, it was a winner, for a time anyway.

00:17 By the late 1980s the pool's days were numbered. In a highly controversial move it was decided

00:22 that Derby Baths should close. People were furious and protested to keep it open but,

00:28 inevitably in March 1990, the bulldozers moved in. Here's a potted history of Blackpool's

00:34 most loved pool.

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