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Lidos is suffering from physical health issues. This may affect his ability to work on Wikipedia. Consequently, he may not be able to respond to talk-page messages or e-mails in a timely manner. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

I am a retired postgraduate information scientist (similar to a librarian), living in Waterbeach. I am interested in aviation history, was the Curator of a small military heritage museum in the village (RAF Waterbeach 1941 to 1966, Royal Engineers 1966 to 2012) and have published a book on the subject.

Formerly I was the Manager of the World Data Centre for Glaciology in the University of Cambridge, UK. While working there I created a series of webpages on the 1996 eruption under the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland.

I also have a spare-time interest in the history of outdoor swimming venues - or Lidos - in the United Kingdom. I was first recruited to Wikipedia as an Expert editor on this subject (considered to be of value to Wikipedia because of their in-depth knowledge of a particular subject).

My username was suggested to me by Commons:User:Fæ / User:Fæ.

The photograph on the right is of a beautiful outdoor pool in Iceland, probably heated geothermally. Sadly I have not swum in this particular pool, though I did swim in another geothermal public pool near Reykjavík. Occasionally, in the summer, I swim in Lago di Bolsena while visiting Gradoli (VT), Italy. Up until 2012 my local lido was in Waterbeach Barracks.

I was born and brought up in London, and am therefore interested in London and London Transport articles.

Work in progress - links to current Army units

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See my comment - at the WikiProject Military History on 6 January 2013 (UTC). In addition I have edited out all references to 2nd and 5th Divisions, mostly in Brigade articles. External links in the following articles changed so far:

Work in progress on Lidos (outdoor swimming pools) in the UK

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If you would like to collaborate feel free to help with one of the tasks below and drop me a note on my talk page.

You may find this List of sources on lidos handy.

See also Books for a list of relevant books.

To-do list for User:Lidos: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2013-01-11

In-tray Project 2009:1 Articles to create - historic lidos

Hornsey, Park Road Pools, was Hornsey Lido (1929) usual source - brief mention added to Hornsey#History (reduce detail when new article exists)

Ealing Village Pool, a Grade II Listed pool on the Art Deco estate of Ealing Village (1934), Surprising there isn't an article on the latter. Use usual source and ealingvillage.com history. CCL photo here

Hathersage Open Air Heated Swimming Pool, see also Smith p. 163 - mentioned on Hathersage

London Fields Lido (1932) - reopened October 2006 - see Smith p.169 - mentioned on London Fields and Miniscule of Sound - see usual source - started in User:Speedoguy/sandbox

Charlton Lido (1939) - see Smith p.30 and 37, see London Borough of Greenwich. Currently closed.

In-tray Project 2009:2 Articles to check

Droitwich_Spa_Lido has article issues. Brief rewrite with new headings needed.

Commons:User:Fæ wrote
If the parent article seems long, it's not unreasonable to split off the swimming pool section as a new article. Note that the guidance of WP:CFORK applies.

Aldershot#Swimming

Banbury Lido

Bourne Outdoor Swimming Pool - redirects to Abbey Lawn

Brightlingsea#Brightlingsea open air swimming pool

Chesham Moor - Gym & Swim in Chesham#Community facilities

Chudleigh#Swimming Pool

Filkins outdoor pool, Oxfordshire - see website

Gillingham, Kent#Sport - Strand Leisure Park

Haltwhistle#Governance

Ivybridge#Sports

Letchworth Lido on Norton Common

Lydney#Sport.2C recreation and arts = Bathurst Swimming Pool

Richmond Pools on the Park (1966 Grade II listed lido) mentioned on Old Deer Park

Tonbridge swimming pool

In-tray Project 2009:3 Check articles on historic lidos cf. Janet's book

p.1, 90, 175 Sandford Parks Lido

p.14 Clifton Lido on Clifton Lido and The Victoria Public House

p.8, 33, 92 Jubilee Pool on Penzance#Main sights

p.20, 82 Guildford Lido

p.37 Ilkley Lido on Ilkley#Culture and attractions

p.39 Portishead Pool - see Portishead, Somerset#Portishead today

p.39 Stroud Pool on Stratford Park

p.45, 102 Hilsea Lido

p.46 Serpentine Lido on Serpentine (lake)#Swimming

p.46, 52 Tooting Bec Lido

p.76 Finchley Lido

p.50, 84 Stonehaven Open Air Pool

p.106 Uxbridge Lido

p.108 Tinside Pool

p.116 Peterborough Lido

p.138 Brockwell Lido

p.146 Saltdean Lido

p.158, 163 Ingleton Open Air Heated Swimming Pool - see Ingleton, North Yorkshire

p.159 Pells Pool

p.160 Cirencester Pool on Cirencester#Sport

p.161 Greenbank Pool - see Street, Somerset#Leisure

p.162 Hampton Heated Open Air Pool

p.164 Arundel Open Air Pool - not mentioned on Arundel

p.165 Chagford Swimming Pool - not mentioned on Chagford (Dartmoor NP)

p.165 Eversholt Pool - see Eversholt, Bedfordshire

p.167 Droitwich Spa Lido

p.171 Hampstead Ponds

p.172 Wotton Pool - see Wotton-under-Edge#Facilities

p.173 Oasis Swimming Pools

Out-tray

Broomhill Pool, Ipswich re-designed with local editors eg User:Broomhillsaved and User:Broomhill Pool Trust.
Article on Ruislip Lido tidied up, following Hillingdon Council's £1.5 million investment plans, just announced.
New page on Broom Hill Park drafted in User:Lidos/Sandbox - issued to Broomhill Park - note, Broomhill seems more widely used but I could be confusing Sheffield's Broomhill...
Create Beccles Lido - issued Beccles Lido
Invite external Yahoo group to review and contribute, OM has done this, little response
Fix Infobox to get coord data working again. Left msg asking for a fix on [[1]] - now fixed.
Cross-link from www.lidos.org.uk to Wikipedia articles - see

WP link webpage created by OM

Lymington Open Air Sea Water Baths created, oldest sea-water pool (1833) - mentioned on Lymington - recent pics on Wikimedia Commons.
Noted discussion here WT:British Isles Terminology task force/Specific Examples#Tooting Bec and Tooting Bec Lido about Tooting Bec Lido.
Parliament Hill Lido Created. Then add link from Hampstead Heath#Parliament Hill Fields and Parliament Hill, London and possibly Gospel Oak
Woodhall Spa outdoor pool; rel sec is Woodhall Spa#Jubilee Park looks suitable for article; created: Jubilee Park pool. Title amended to read Jubilee Park Swimming Pool as this is what it's known as locally. (You can use the list of Operating Lidos in the back of Smith to determine this.)
- Renamed IAW sources.
Turn User:Lidos/Sources into a stand alone list
Uxbridge Lido - now moved from User space
Lidos - link to category list - formatting error
Aylesbury: Aqua Vale - added to Architecture of Aylesbury#Notable buildings that have been demolished
Category:Lidos (closed) populated with appropriate note added to to Talk page for each pool
Oasis Swimming Pools, London (1937-46)
Hampton Heated Open Air Pool (1922) - open 365 days of year - mentioned on Hampton, London
Amend and update Hampstead Ponds - see Smith p.171

General improvements to other pages (2009)

1. Lidos

. Check against www.lidos.org.uk

. ~~Refine Category:Lidos~~

. Add better in-line sources

. ~~Gravitate Lido di Venezia away from Lido as a shortcut using search with the aim of moving it over to the more commonly used sense~~

. ~~Collate source list for reuse~~

2. Swimming pool - edit very US-centric page and add citations. Perhaps add something to Talk:Swimming pool first.

Note Talk:Swimming pool#lido

Backlog

Article format, etc.

Add Category "Buildings and structures in nameofcounty" grab from Category:Buildings and structures in England by county. Note some counties have category "Sports venues in nameofcounty" instead. Have made a start on this.

Add (WPnameofcounty|class=stub|importance=low) to Talk page of newly created articles, to maximise editorial comments and improvements. Again have made a start with this.

Olympic size pools in the UK - add 50m outdoor pools

Add inline coordinates for smaller lidos in villages, see User talk:Lidos#Coordinates for lidos

Incorporate items from Lidos FAQ

FAQ list progress 2/17 complete

1: Oldest still open: ~~sea-water Lymington (1833)~~ freshwater Lewes (1860) - Lymington Lido created.
2: Most Recent Chudleigh Swimming Pool, Devon (built 1997)
Y3: Highest Attendance in one day Finchley Lido (1931-1992) - 11,962 on 11 July 1971 -- added but needs original source for verification.
Y8: Noted Hilsea Lido as UK joint deepest. Problem is with both Hilsea and Broomhill being closed, where is the deepest pool still open? Usual source webpage needs updating...

Add convert template eg {{convert|220|x|72.5|ft|m}} to appropriate articles

Tweak Template:Infobox Swimming Pool as necessary, and add to lido articles, and maybe a few Grade II listed indoor pools, see UK Parliament Select Committee ref
- Current articles using the infobox is shown on this list.

Check articles on these closed or demolished pools: Ashford Green Corridor outdoor pool; Bowden Housteads Woods, Sheffield; Brookvale Park Lake; Bulmore Lido on Bulmore; Chorley outdoor pool; Clacton Pier; Cleveland Pools, Bath (see p.13 Smith); Cold Knap, Barry, South Wales; Daventry#Modern times; King's Meadow swimming pool (see p.166 Smith); Longley Park, Sheffield; Milford Haven#The 20th Century outdoor pool; North Berwick Harbour; Strathlene outdoor swimming pool on Buckie; Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot outdoor pool; South Shields open air pool

Surbiton Lagoon

Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex open air pool on Maxims Casino

Weston-super-Mare (Tropicana)

open air pools on History of Woking#Facilities 2

Other tasks (2009-10): Confirm style guidance for addresses in lead text and apply consistently to all lido articles; Request peer reviews for best articles; Request suitable interesting photos to be released onto Wikimedia Commons for use in the articles, perhaps using Flickr Group on Lidos

Completed archive

Add Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates to all new articles
Remove Category:Swimming articles needing photographs from articles and use {{WP Swimming}} on talk pages instead.
change Teignmouth lido to Teignmouth Lido

change Tonbridge swimming pool to Tonbridge Swimming Pool - ref: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) - these are proper nouns (names)
Gourock Outdoor Pool [2] - note File:Gourock swimming pool.jpg and mention on Gourock
Pells Pool, Lewes - Grade II Listed - briefly mentioned on Lewes#Geography
Jesus Green Swimming Pool - add redirect Cambridge Lido
Hilsea Lido (closure threatened), Portsmouth - see also HLF-funded oral history project No Diving.

Saltdean Lido, near Brighton - and mention on Saltdean
Teignmouth, Tonbridge, Westward Ho! and Tollesbury - add a sentence/link to lidos on each
Woodgreen Lido (Banbury) reopened on 26 July 2009.[3]
Lidos needs amending to say that that the Clifton Lido and Woodgreen Lido campaigns were successful.
The WP page title on Clifton Pool and The Victoria Public House really needs changing, see [4]
Teignmouth lido, Devon
Woodup Pool, near Maldon, Essex
Tonbridge swimming pool, Kent
Brixham: Shoalstone Pool, Devon

Bude Sea Pool, Cornwall

The Rock Pool (Westward Ho!)

Monitoring

About this Wikipedia account

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Though my Lido interests are quite specific, I have no other motives for setting up this account and I was made aware of the guidance of Wikipedia:Single-purpose account.

It should be noted that I have a personal friendship with Commons:User:Fæ.

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