Nostalgia: Constructing Scarborough's North Bay pool

Construction is underway to create a modern outdoor bathing pool on Scarborough Northside in 1938.

At a cost of nearly £30,000, the council built accommodation for bathers, seating for spectators and a swimming pool 230 feet long and 60 feet wide with sea water that had been filtered and chlorinated and heated to a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Photo reproduced courtesy of the Max Payne collection. Reprints can be ordered with proceeds going to local charities. Telephone 0330 1230203 and quote reference number YRN-170130-145126050.

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