A walk in the woods lead to the incredible historic discovery which is now slowly being uncovered
The remnants of the lost lido were discovered in a wooded area of Heaton Park by Carl Harris, 57. Carl, who works as a field manager for Sky UK, told the Manchester Evening News: "This goes back before lockdown. We just went for a walk in the woods - I knew of the lido but I didn't know exactly where it was.
Later in the 20th century, the lidos started to close as foreign holidays became cheaper and the pools increasingly expensive to maintain. During its short life, Heaton Park's lido was a big attraction to the public, and was especially important to the White Heather camp, a project to give underprivileged local children a camping holiday experience they would never otherwise have.
Since then, the pool has become filled and covered with years of woodland overgrowth, leaving little evidence that it ever existed at all. However, it's now slowly being uncovered by Carl, alongside his team of Sky UK engineers."We have a thing we call Sky Cares which looks to give some help and support back into the community," he said. "We're given volunteer days which allows our engineers to get time off the tools and spend time doing things that help the community.
"The remnants of the turnstile in the ground we've uncovered. There's an ornate entrance path. The people back in the day then would pay a penny to go and have a swim. The progress they have made so far, Carl said, couldn't have been possible without the help of Heaton Park's staff, particularly Steven Lister and Dave Clegg, who he said had "been absolutely brilliant".
"The long term plan, and I've sowed the seeds with the council, is that this area if it could be cleared and levelled would make an ideal place for an open-air theatre in the woods," Carl said. "Shows, picnic area, any sort of events that need to be away from the main hustle and bustle of the park.
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