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1928 QUIRKY: Lord Derby opens Southport's new 60,000 pound bathing lake.
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0:40Now PlayingDate: 21st May 1928
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: New Bathing Pool
ENGLAND: Lancashire: Southport:
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Lord Derby cutting ribbon to open bathing lake
Women lined up in old fashioned bathing costumes (swimsuits)
People down water slide
Women parading in swimming attire at edge of pool
Swimmers jumping into water
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th earl of Derby
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