Swimmers enjoy sunshine and a dip at lido celebrating 100th anniversary
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Swimmers enjoy sunshine and a dip at lido celebrating 100th anniversary

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Swimmers enjoyed a slice of “heaven” at an outdoor pool which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year as temperatures neared 30C on a sunny September afternoon. “Three people have passed me smiling.” The 58-year-old, of Cambridge, said she wrote to her daughter who is in Belgium and said “guess where I’m going to be today”. When she’s back we will both be here.” Pelham Wilson, a semi-retired mathematician at Cambridge University, said he had been visiting for “getting on for 50 years now”. “I think that would have been a mistake – it’s a pretty unique atmosphere here.” Rhona Fraser, who was also visiting the lido, said she started to visit in the last year since moving to Cambridge.

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