75th Anniversary

Our Anniversary Weekend was launched on Friday 3rd July by none other than Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond. We were told that he would spend 45 minutes at the Pool – but he stayed for an hour longer!

His staff also told us that they voted the Stonehaven Open Air Pool visit “the best event of the last 2 years”!

Over the Anniversary weekend, there was a programme of events including:

• Splasher’s Kiddies Party, with magician aiding and abetting Splahser, our cuddly dolphin mascot

• Entertainment throughout Saturday afternoon courtesy of Stonehaven Folk Club

• A Life Guards’ and Pool Staff reunion – the farthest travelled attendee came all the way from Bath!

• An Aqua Disco

All the old photos and memories you’ve sent us are on display at the Pool alongside some more recent photos. Later in the summer, these will also be shown in the Stonehaven Library window in Evan Street.

It’s not too late to send us photos or memories, please contact: 75years@stonehavenopenairpool.co.uk Please make Stonehaven Pool the subject of your email.

Invitation: 2009 is also Scotland’s year of Homecoming and the Friends of Stonehaven Open Air Pool would like to invite everyone who learned to swim, or enjoyed swimming in the Pool over the last 75 years to “Come Home” to Stonehaven and your pool during season 2009!

Clean heated seawater @ 29°C / 84°F