http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk A valuble resource for the people of Plymouth Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:12:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The website may have been quiet over the past few months, but we remain busy behind the scenes. As reported in the Herald, a meeting is being arranged between representatives of the "Save Seaton Pool" campaign and representatives of Plymouth City Council's Conservative leadership. At the time of the local ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/11/23/update-2/ Well, the election results are in and "they" are out. The Labour Party majority on Plymouth City Council has been overturned and the Conservative Party are in the majority. We believe that the extremely bad showing of the Labour Party in the Plymouth area is due to a large extent ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/05/07/gotcha/ The local elections on Thursday May 3rd give an opportunity to kick out the Labour councillors responsible for closing Seaton Pool. Many wards are expected to be very closely fought, and a single vote could make all the difference in some areas of Plymouth. We believe that a power change within ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/05/01/please-use-your-vote-on-may-3rd/ Anyway, no diggers yet to be seen at the proposed Sharron Centre (yes, he must be going gaga to suggest such a name). However, the people of Plymouth do have two signs, one on Outland Road and one on Alma Road that promise the Sharron Centre in 2008. Probably this ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/04/29/more-incompetence-we-think-but-we-do-have-two-signs/ You could not write a farce that matches up to Plymouth City Council's incompetence. First they close Seaton Pool and then they close Plympton for 6 weeks for repairs. Now we hear that Central Park is to be closed for 6 weeks at Christmas. All the time we look for ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/03/30/how-can-plymouth-city-council-be-so-incompetent/ There are some contrasts in this posting. First of we carry a piece from the Evening Herald that was written by Mary O'Leary. In it she bemoans the lack of swimming facilities in Plymouth. Yes, just about right there. Mary also takes to task the South West Regional Destruction Agency ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/02/12/so-many-good-ideas/ Scientists have established that 10% of global warming is due to the hot air coming from Tudor Evans and Plymouth City Council on the subject of the Life Centre. It might even develop into a new spectator sport (a bit like Sumo but more likely to end in a heart ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/02/03/more-hot-air/ It almost seems that the Friday 12/1/2007 edition of the Herald was solely devoted to the failures of Plymouth City Council and the lack of swimming pools for the people of Plymouth! First of all the front page news was that the Conservative group had withdrawn support for the Life ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2007/01/19/herald-swimming-pool-edition/ Yes, next week Plympton pool closes for 6, 7, 8 or more weeks, depending on who you believe. That leaves just Central Park (with its occasional technical difficulties) available as a public swimming pool for 250,000 people. Just put it down to good planning by Plymouth City Council. With thanks ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/12/06/are-you-ready-for-when-plympton-pool-closes/ There has been a lot of swimming pool related news in the Plymouth area over the last week or so. The first bit of news is that the long awaited swimming strategy for Plymouth will not be available until 2007 (if it ever arrives). If it takes a year ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/11/24/the-serious-lack-of-swimming-pools-in-plymouth-continues/ What is the problem with the SWRDA and the Plymouth area? Closing swimming pools and destroying communities initially, and now destroying jobs in Saltash. Do they do the same in Exeter? The Herald carried the story about the SWRDA destroying jobs (which we reproduce below) and we know about the ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/11/10/news-update/ Some people are still not happy about Seaton Pool being closed and the lack of swimming opportunities in Plymouth. How could this be? People are still writing letters to the Herald and complaining. Tsk. Also, the Evening Herald this week regurgitated the same old rubbish about the Life Centre. Perhaps ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/10/27/mmm-have-plymouth-city-council-done-that-well/ The wooden wall is still up at Seaton Pool and many of the people of Plymouth have no place to swim. See the link to the latest letters in the Evening Herald complaining about the overcrowding at Central Park. Plympton Pool is coming closer to the planned 5 week shutdown ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/10/19/well-done-plymouth-city-council/ Are you still listening Tudor? Only we were wondering when the masterplan for swimming in Plymouth was going to be available? Rumour has it that the plan (ho ho) will not be available until after Christmas (ho ho ho). I wonder if anyone believed the council when they said it ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/09/25/whats-happening-to-the-masterplan-for-swimming/ Normally the Herald gives a fair and balanced view of Plymouth City Council incompetence. However, on page 4 of Saturday's Evening Herald there was a grovelling piece on how wonderful swimming is in Plymouth since Seaton closed. Do PCC have to pay for this type of advertisement? And does anyone ... http://www.saveseatonpool.org.uk/2006/09/18/whos-nobbled-the-herald/