WATCH: Blackpool's beloved and lost Derby Baths in days gone by

It’s where they tackled the highest of diving boards and where the first water slides were built. The pool was a winner. For a time anyway.

By the late 1980s the pool’s days were numbered. In a highly controversial move it was decided that Derby Baths should close. People were furious and protested to keep it open but in March 1990 the bulldozers moved in.

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