This week we take a look back through the archives at Stonehaven’s outdoor swimming pool – with pictures dating all the way back to 1937.
The open air pool has been one of the highlights of the summer in Aberdeenshire ever since it opened in 1934.
Famed for its moonlight swims and heated seawater, the Olympic sized open air pool opens all through the summer months until the end of September and attracts visitors from all over – with even American diving champion Marion Mansfield visiting in its early years.
Of course, as you’ll see below, the nature of a Scottish summer has meant that some swimming sessions have been hampered by rain and have forced visitors to use umbrellas to shield themselves from the cold showers from the sky.
Despite its popularity, the swimming pool’s future has been under threat at times which led to the foundation of the “Friends of the Pool” group in 1994.
The community group work hard to keep the pool open and viable for the seaside town.
What are your favourite memories of the outdoor pool in Stonehaven? Are you in any pictures below?
1990 – Umbrellas were also necessary swimming gear for Laura Moffat, David Scott, Lynne Reid, Dawn Reid and Maureen Cargill
Alan and Kenneth, both 14, enjoy a swim during the school holidays
Lifeguard Sarah Hales watching out at the first day of the season for the Stonehaven swimming pool.
1996 – Julie Adair, Rebecca Collie, Lynn Anderson, Kirsty Smith, Andrew Smith and Richard Collie, all members of Stonehaven Amateur Swimming Club enjoy themselves at the start of the summer season.
1976 – Children and adults enjoying themselves in the Stonehaven Swimming Pool.
1990 – Stonehaven pool attendant Keith Milne of the town’s outdoor swimming pool, which reopened at the weekend for the summer season, finds an umbrella is the perfect swimming attire during a downpour.
2000 – Swimmers enjoying the first day of the season at Stonehaven Outdoor Swimming Pool
1995 – Lynn Zaccarini of the Friends of Stonehaven Outdoor Pool campaign group which fought to keep the pool open
1992 – A group of friends enjoying a swim in the Stonehaven Outdoor Pool.
1995 – Lifeguard Kirsten Sinclair, 17, keeps watch on midnight swimmers at the open air pool in Stonehaven.
1999 – Ailsa and Allan Williamson from Northern Ireland, 8, at the Stonehaven Outdoor Swimming Pool.
1988 – John Craig, from Newtonhill, tasked with painting the outdoor pool in time for the summer opening.
1994 – Kids enjoying a midnight swim at the Stonehaven open air pool.
1999 – Jen Sutherland of Galik Bred at the Stonehaven open air pool ahead of the Stonehaven Folk Festival
1974 – Final preparations are made at the Stonehaven open air pool ahead of its opening for its 40th anniversary.
1937 – A crowd watches a swallow dive by American diver Marion Mansfield.
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GALLERY: Archive photos of the Stonehaven Outdoor Pool since the 1930s
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