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This blue commemorative plaque records: This LIDO (originally named the Corporation Swimming Pool) was opened in May 1936. Designed 'hacienda-style', it is considered one of the finest surviving examples in England. Recorded plaque organisation: Peterborough Civic Society.
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Peterborough Lido, originally known as the Corporation Swimming Pool and opened in May 1936, is a significant example of interwar public swimming pool architecture, designed in a distinctive 'hacienda-style' that makes it one of the finest surviving examples in England.
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