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Jeannie Lappin modelling a striking Art Deco swimsuit at the Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
Date (of image) : 1931
Donor : Mrs. Maureen Ledington
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Drawing a crowd
Donated by Mrs. Maureen LedingtonJeannie Lappin (back) and Mary Scurr, with a sizeable audience looking on at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
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Just a blur
Donated by Mrs. Maureen LedingtonMary Scurr is just a blur as she makes a feet-first entry from the springboard at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
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Ledington (Scurr) Family AlbumA selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Mrs. Maureen Ledington.
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Open-air Swimming PoolThe 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.
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Seahorses
Donated by Mrs. Maureen LedingtonJeannie Lappin (right, with the natty footwear), with an unknown friend and the two youngsters Billy and Olive, at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
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Stuck on the chute
Donated by Mrs. Maureen LedingtonJeannie Lappin stuck halfway down the shute at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
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We had to fish Bill out
Donated by Mrs. Maureen LedingtonJeannie Lappin (wearing some classy pool shoes), Mary Scurr, Billy and Olive at the Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool, in 1931.
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