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Round up of articles following the last day of swimming. Gold medal for best punning headline definitely goes to Ally Tibbet's article for STV!
STV article:
"Campaigners vow not to throw in the towel in fight to save Leith Waterworld
"Pool "chock-a-block" in
last weekend of opening as one local business worries they could lose up to a
quarter of their takings.
More than 700 swimmers from all over the
Lothians took the chance to enjoy Leith Waterworld on the last weekend before
its final closure.
As campaigners fighting to keep the pool
open gathered signatures outside, many expressed sadness that the pool would
have to close and said that there was no other pool like it for miles around..."
Edinburgh Evening News article:
"Waterworld shut but campaigners vow to
battle on
Campaigners who battled to save Leith
Waterworld today vowed to continue their fight by lodging an official complaint
about the way the council has handled the closure.
The protesters carried on collecting
signatures on their petition yesterday and enjoyed one last swim before the
doors closed on the pool at the end of the day.
But Johnny Gailey of campaign group
Splashback insisted the closure would not be the end of the story. He said:
“Just because the council has given up on Leith Waterworld doesn’t mean we
have...”
Vicky Allan piece in The Herald:
" In Praise of ... Waterworld
Not the sweaty, over-the-top action flick starring Kevin Costner as a rugged kind of Mad Max on water in search of dry land after the polar ice caps have melted.
But rather, my local swimming pool, Leith Waterworld, which had its
own quieter apocalypse when it closed its doors for the last time last
weekend, as a result of a financial balancing act by Edinburgh Council,
which part-paid for the Commonwealth Pool refurbishment with this
closure..." Not the sweaty, over-the-top action flick starring Kevin Costner as a rugged kind of Mad Max on water in search of dry land after the polar ice caps have melted.
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