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| Picture No | 12548431 |
| Date | 1933 |
| Description | Advert for the Lagoon, swimming pool, Orpingon 1933 |
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Advertisement for The Lagoon in Orpington, Kent, an outdoor swimming pool measuring 200 feet by 75 feet and opened in 1933. Opened by Eugene O'Sullivan and Don Stewart, the Lagoon was able to accommodate around 1500 people and offered sunbathing loungers, and a refreshment café, with plans to build a dance hall and several tennis courts. With the outbreak of war in 1939, the pool was closed and never re-opened.
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| Source | Advertisement in 'The Sketch', 31 May 1933 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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