Memories of The Pools: where many people learned to swim

The works are estimated to take six weeks, depending on the weather, with the designated area already secured by fencing for safety.
The demolition of the 1970s building is a key next step in the delivery of the Carlisle Station Gateway Project and will open the area to the rear of the station, making way for a new public square and car park.
Cumberland Council says the demolition of The Pools will not impact the adjacent Turkish Baths, whose future remains uncertain, and that it is collaborating with The Friends of the Turkish Baths to ensure a positive outcome.
James Street will remain open for traffic during the works, though the pavements adjacent to The Pools are closed and will remain closed throughout the works for public safety.
Our main picture shows a joyful looking Pauline Richardson, 69, showing off her strokes in 2015.

To the left, pictured alongside her, is 50-year-old Marian Walton.

The above image, from the same period, shows an exuberant group of swimmers making a splash.

Also in 2015, Ella Cooper-Holmes, 14, from Wigton, was able to attend the World Games thanks to donations from the town.

She is pictured both smiling for the camera and in action practising her backstroke.

A youthful looking Clark Morton, 37, the general manager of Carlisle Pools, perches on a wall at the ornate Turkish Baths.

Our final series of pictures are of the under-11s’ swimming gala at The Pools in 2015.
In a blue swimming cap and goggles, Owen Cogan, 10, competes for Belle Vue School.

Jamie Holliday, nine, takes to the water for Cummersdale School.

And a pink-hatted Mahathi Varma, 11, does front crawl for Wreay School.