Campaign to restore Tynemouth pool gets backing from Bondi Beach

Mayor of Waverley, Sydney sent video message to support plan to bring lido on Longsands back to life

The mayor for Bondi Beach in Sydney is among those lobbying a council in north-east England to support ambitious plans to restore an outdoor swimming pool which fell into disrepair during the 1970s.

Tynemouth outdoor pool was something of an institution for decades after its opening in 1925. Perched on the sprawling and golden Tynemouth Longsands beach, the concrete saltwater pool was a much-loved, if bracing, part of life for generations of local people and visitors.