What is it with modern pools being so shallow. A feller used to sit at depth of 16ft in the old pool for minutes on end and then would do widths across the bottom. He must have had some good lungs thinking about it

I think the council need to do some PR work on this part as for some reason most people seem to think its all money direct from the council, and they couldnt be more wrong.

nah, big assed loan that we'll have to pay back

Went again tonight for 'Gym members lane swimming'. There were just TWO lanes available in the whole pool for the gym members swimming. All the rest were for the wasps. Already a shower broken too and several lockers. There were muddy footprints throughout the changing village too, and dirty cubicles with puddles and talc all over the place. Obviously gets cleaned regularly... SOOOOO annoying with everybody standing in reception to watch too... At least with the old pool, people looking in from the street were some distance away. These are about two metres away from the pool at pool level.

"How the heck did WMBC raise the money to build this though????"

By borrowing private money through the PFI initiative, this was also used to build all the new "super schools" in simple terms, a mortgage that the ratepayers will be paying off for the next 30years.

These projects end up costing three times as much as their true cost.

Sorry to be so boring

Just for the record the Wasps as a swimming club don't exist any more. They were replaced a few years ago by Wigan BEST (Borough Elite Swim Team). Actually the people training are in the Wigan swim scheme of which some are registered with Wigan BEST for competitive swimming.

No Parking? Do what I've done for years in Wigan town centre, park up at the bottom end of Scholes and walk 500 yards to the baths.

Tight as cramp

Fookin' damn right. Xmas shopping, two foot of snow, cowder than a witches tit but I'd still rather walk from Scholes precinct to save ten bob.

Its tragic that despite this huge investment in Wigan town centre, many people who are just passing through will probably notice the abandoned Police station that stands opposite the Life Centre more than anything else.



For 217m surely it was possible to refurbish the old swimming pool as well as build a much needed arts centre too?