Saltdean Lido's iconic neon sign has been turned on for the first time since the outbreak of World War II.
A video submitted to the paper by photographer Eddie Mitchell shows the beautiful display on Saturday night, December 16.
A video submitted to the paper by photographer Eddie Mitchell shows the beautiful display on Saturday night, December 16.
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00:00 - Give it up for the Lido!
00:02 (cheering)
00:04 Count with me.
00:05 10,
00:06 nine,
00:07 eight,
00:08 seven,
00:09 six,
00:10 five,
00:11 four,
00:13 three,
00:14 two,
00:15 one!
00:15 (cheering)
00:18 (cheering)
00:21 (cheering)
00:23 - Whoa!
00:30 - Well done!
00:36 High five!
00:37 Well done!
00:38 - There's a drone!
00:42 - Is that how it's put on?
00:46 - Yeah, look up.
00:49 - It's a drone.
00:50 - Drone!
00:53 Hi drone!
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01:18 (announcer speaking)
01:29 - Well done Jasper!
01:41 - Thank you.
01:42 - You're very welcome.
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01:47 (wind blowing)
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02:01 - Merry Christmas everybody!
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03:54, they actually perfect now.
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04:25 - 13 years ago, there was an application to the council
04:35 to fill in the pool and build a block of flats on this site.
04:37 The community came together and fought for a Save the Lido
04:40 campaign.
04:42 We opened the pool in 2017.
04:45 We then needed more funding to restore the building
04:47 that was falling apart.
04:48 It's a grade two stylistic building.
04:51 We've managed to get some lottery funding,
04:52 but that covered about half of the cost.
04:54 It's taken us quite a while to get to the point
04:56 where we had enough money to match the lottery funding
04:59 to start the construction work.
05:02 That started about two years ago now.
05:04 Two days ago, we signed off the main construction site.
05:08 We're now starting to fit out as well.
05:10 We hope in the next couple of months
05:11 to open the building back to the community.
05:14 With a gym, a cafe, a restaurant, a public library,
05:17 some shared workspace,
05:18 and a number of community spaces as well.
05:20 There's a learning centre to talk about the history of the Lido,
05:23 the Lido movement, the history of Salt Lake.
05:26 A lot of content will be in there,
05:27 in the learning centre for the community.
05:29 Thank you.