After 18 months of fund raising, work on the new West Wight Swimming pool was officially started on Saturday 23rd April 1977. Mr Ron Smith , chairman of both the West Wight swimming Club and the Pool trust fund, dug the first piece of soil on the site in Freshwater near the west Wight middle […]
Mar 13, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Admiral of the fleet, county press, Earl Mountbatten, Freshwater, Governor, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, lord mountbatten, lordPatron lord Louis mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Opening Ceremony, Patron, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Pool work started at Ceremony
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF WEST WIGHT SWIMMING POOL – 14 JULY 1978 BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, GOVERNOR AND LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT Although the pool was nowhere near completed we had to go ahead with the opening ceremony. Luckily the weather was kind to us […]
Nov 19, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Admiral of the fleet, Barry Trophy, Clare Griffin, Earl Mountbatten, Freshwater, Governor, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Opening Ceremony, Pool, Ron Smith, Sally Pitman, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on The Opening Ceremony of West Wight Swimming Pool by Earl Mountbatten
