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In November 2005 whilst home recovering from an operation I decided to try and design a web page for White Springs Fisheries in Pontarddulais I soon started adding info on the fishery website page of my community activities, but as I got more and more involved in community projects, I decided to start this blog in order to keep my community activities and involvement seperate to the fishing. You can email me with comments at slloydjanes@aol.com

Info about me

In 2008 I was sucessfully elected as a county councillor for Carmarthen County Council

I am involved in the Llanelli CAB

I was also elected onto the Mid and West Wales Fire Authority in May 2009

I am also a member of the Pontarddulais and Hendy District Carnival Committee. Which celebrated its 40th year in JUNE 2008.

I have been a member of USDAW since 1989 and I am the Llanelli Usdaw Union Branch Secretary, I have done a lot of campaigning with Usdaw and I often appear in the quarterly magazine that gets published and sent to Usdaw Members, here's just one example

I have also been Hendy community councillor on Llanedi Community Council since 2004

In May 2008. As a county councillor for Hendy on the Carmarthen County Council elections.

I sit on several scrutiny committees

This Blog contains a mixture of White Springs News, Community news from Hendy and some political comments and activities, hope you enjoy your visit

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Wednesday, June 24th 2009

3:31 PM

campain came to an end

After a long campaign the final days of the pool finally came to an end, i know i've written a lot on here about the campaign, but i believe, i haven't published any of the photos of the final week

A campaigner for lido's contacted me and has now put some of the photos of the demolishment onto his forum and web site about lido's and their campaigns to save them

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/message/2458

Steve Lloyd-Janes, who recently left this Group, has sent me a very sad
series of photos of the demolition of Hendy Outdoor Swimming Pool, nr
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales - taken over a few weeks in March 2009.

See http://www.flickr.com/photos/lidos_org_uk/tags/hendy/

My website
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/oliver.merrington/lidos/lidos6.htm#hendy
gives some of the details of their hard-fought & high-profile campaign to
try and reopen it since it closed in 2002.

See also the many messages to the Lidos Yahoo Group
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/msearch?query=hendy

A sad day indeed,

Oliver

Below is the link to the slide show

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lidos_org_uk/tags/hendy/show/

And the link below gives a forum where Hendy has been discussed on numerous occassions

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/lidos/msearch?query=hendy

2268	hendy pool for four days ... the areas that attracted top swimmers from all the area around and now the grand children of the speaker has to travel out of hendy today to those areas. talked about the height of the diving board and how cold it was in the pool some times in their wooly ...	steve Slloydjanes@... stevelloydjanes	Jan 15, 2009 3:16 am
2264	Hendy Pool Campaign - final chapter Steve Lloyd Janes wrote to <poolingresources@yahoogroups.com> on Sun 11 Jan 2009 Those following the Hendy Pool Campaign will be aware that the end of the historic lido and ten year battle is drawing to an end. It was not an easy decision ...	Oliver Merrington oliver@... lidos_org_uk	Jan 12, 2009 3:50 pm
2145	Lido campaigners end long battle(Hendy) This must have been very, very hard Steve, after such a dedicated battle. I hope that Carmarthenshire Council will keep their pledge. When you see billions going into the bank rescue, the Olympics etc you do wonder why it's such an uphill struggle to save ...	Sally Wainman broomhillsaved@... broomhillsaved	Oct 10, 2008 6:52 am
2144	campaign draws to an end ... archive/10/10/2008 the end draws to a piece of history there was rather an emotional and difficult decision made about the future of hendy pool story has been covered in my blog above plus yeterday on the 4 to 6pm radio wales show there was a live interview made at ...	steve Slloydjanes@... stevelloydjanes	Oct 10, 2008 6:08 am
2119	BBC NEWS: Portishead Pool ... 1000 a day) The Executive will meet on 28th October 2008 Meanwhile........Carmarthenshire Council want to start filling in the Hendy Lido on October 27th and the two open air pools in Beccles and Halesworth are also to be closed unless the community takes them ...	Sally Wainman broomhillsaved@... broomhillsaved	Sep 27, 2008 6:53 am
2049	Lottery bid to restore welsh lido Hendy Pool had a mention in todays Western Mail http://tiny.cc/nV6e8 Move to restore ... former glory, including the Grade II-listed Ynysangharad in Pontypridd and Hendy in Llanelli. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has unveiled plans for ...	steve Slloydjanes@... stevelloydjanes	Aug 13, 2008 8:15 pm
2023	Gayton pool campaigners win court case ... producing placards which read, "Don't B-Foolish, Save Gayton Pool." I hope that those fighting for Portishead Open Air Pool, Hendy Lido etc will feel encouraged to keep going. http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Council-landed-huge-legal-ordered-repair ...	Sally Wainman broomhillsaved@... broomhillsaved	Jul 19, 2008 11:00 pm
1963	New member - Will Woodhouse ... metre demonstration pool in Weston Colville, near Newmarket, which is open to try on Saturday 21 June (2-10pm). Please contact me (or him via their website) if you would like an invitation. Numbers are limited. Oliver PS What about Hendy, I wonder?	Oliver Merrington oliver@... lidos_org_uk	Jun 4, 2008 9:03 am
1943	Re: [lidos] BBC - Search results for lido videos ... most recent is the one from Hilsea Lido where they have been working on an archive project called "No Diving." (Feb/March 200 Hendy Lido, Cheltenham, Droitwich and Hathersage also feature in the link below. I know there are others: for instance in Aug 2005 the ...	Peter Bradley petermartinbradley@... petermartinb...	May 19, 2008 1:50 pm
1942	Re: [lidos] BBC - Search results for lido videos ... most recent is the one from Hilsea Lido where they have been working on an archive project called "No Diving." (Feb/March 200 Hendy Lido, Cheltenham, Droitwich and Hathersage also feature in the link below. I know there are others: for instance in Aug 2005 the ...	Peter Bradley petermartinbradley@... petermart

1 Comment(s).

Posted by Sally Wainman:

Dear Steve - very sorry to hear of Hendy Lido's final demise. Nearly every Council now has its "Be Active" section and yet the pool closures and demolitions continue. One of the latest is the closure of St David's Pool on the St David's peninsula in Pembrokeshire.

I know you put every possible effort into trying to save Hendy Lido, so well done for that.

Wednesday, June 24th 2009 @ 7:35 PM

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