Brockwell Icicles

The only official Twitter account of the Brockwell Icicle Winter Swimming Group: Winter swimming, wild swimming, warm welcomes. Cake included.

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@Brockwell_Lido fantastic news that we are finally abandoning the dreaded booking system 🙏👏🎉 @Brockwell_Lido super work team😊

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@Brockwell_Lido But not if you are a child.. some community pool this is. Kids banned apart from minuscule 1.5hr sessions.. outrageous bring on @lambeth_council management takeover..

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@BrockwellLido Ha not if you are children. How is this a community pool when kids are banned apart from minuscule 1.5hr sessions. Outrageous @BrockwellLido what are you doing about it?

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@Fusion_LS @Brockwell_Lido @BrockwellLido can someone please pay the lifeguards a decent wage and stop ruining our community pool?? (Every year) It’s an utter shambles. Campaign for action.. #protest #directaction #pissedoff

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Well at least they didn’t have to book a swim and could actually get in today..

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Bleak outlook for swimming in the Lido this week @Fusion_LS please sort it out.. pay the lifeguards a decent wage, stop the idiotic booking system and let the community use it’s beloved lido (Including children!!!)

[Priscilla Watkins @Phthaloturquois]

@hugorodgerbrown @mutley69 @Brockwellicicle As far as I know
Metal - most expensive but easiest to clean and will last the longest
Concrete - less sustainable harder to clean but historically right
Plastic - cheapy mccheapface

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@BrockwellLido @Fusion_LS @mutley69 @PeterIntheswim @sweetbriar49 Thank you.

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Please keep signing and sharing this! @Fusion_LS need to be told that swimmers do NOT want the pool closed without further consultation and justification that this is the right course of action. @mutley69 @PeterIntheswim @sweetbriar49 @BrockwellLido https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Well a proper clean seems to have done wonders - imagine if they did something completely crazy like kept up a regular cleaning schedule!

[🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️Michael J Keane 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏊‍♂️ @KeaneMJ]

Temporary pool for @BrockwellLido while it gets painted/relined? 😁 @Brockwellicicle @brockwellswim

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Hey @OwenSmith_MP, you like a good swim! You wouldn't like it if the Houses of Commons seats were replaced with some tacky dry wipe material would you? We feel the same about our lido. Swimmers want to preserve its heritage. Please support the petition: https://t.co/lwenGC3zsk

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@Phthaloturquois Exactly. The bar to clear for this should be extremely high. @Fusion_LS should bring everyone with them on this kind of change. It's still not exactly clear why they want to do this. Myriad of vague reasons cited depending on who you talk with.

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Thanks for retweeting and the support @Phthaloturquois! You will need a new muse if Brockwell Lido goes down the tacky route of a plastic lining, rather than the concrete which helps create the effect you capture so beautifully!

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@LoveYourLido please support this campaign. We understand that some lidos need work but this is being proposed for reasons that seem to change by the day. Centres should work with users to ensure the right work is done, not plough on with vanity projects https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Keep signing, keep sharing. About time leisure centres listened to their users and fulfilled their roles as custodians, particularly important with heritage locations like Brockwell Lido. No to a tacky plastic lining ta! https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Mmmmm...plastic. Er, NO! Keep Brockwell Lido's original concrete lining and look after it, don't take the easy option and cover it up. Please sign: https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@outdoorswimming as fellow champions of the authentic swimming experience, we would appreciate your support for our petition to stop our leisure centre installing a plastic lining in the pool. Blurgh! Please sign and share! https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@corrinacellist @Brockwell_Lido Doesn't seem like any of that has been considered. One or two people are just pushing for something shiny and new and can say they delivered it. Rather than taking on board swimmers' views which is EXACTLY what the various users/steering groups should be doing.

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

@WildSwimBrother we know we can count on you lido lovers to support this petition. Brockwell Lido cannot close its lanes this winter for an unjustified vanity project. Just fix, repaint and clean it! Share please! https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g

[Brockwell Icicles @Brockwellicicle]

Followers! We've awoken from our frozen slumber out of necessity! The proposal to close down Brockwell Lido over the winter and install a plastic lining is misguided & unjustified. More consultation is needed. This petition WILL make a difference: https://t.co/DK4yBeX72g