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The inland 'riviera' celebrating its 90th birthday

Grace Wood and Jessica Bayley
BBC News, Yorkshire
Reporting fromIlkley
PA Media Children swim in an outdoor pool on a sunny day. There are moors visible in the backgroundPA Media
The lido has been a place for families to swim since it opened in 1935

An open-air swimming pool is celebrating its 90th year as it reopens for the summer season.

Ilkley Lido, which opened in 1935 as part of King George V's Silver Jubilee celebrations, is holding an anniversary birthday picnic on Sunday.

As part of the event, local swimmers have shared their memories of taking a dip at the site.

Local architect Simon Cape, a member of The Ilkley Pool and Lido Community Group, describes the site as the town's "riviera".

'I was first in'

Jessica Bayley/BBC A man with grey hair wearing Ray-Ban-style sunglasses stands in front of a lido on a sunny day. He is wearing a navy T shirt.Jessica Bayley/BBC
Simon Cape shared his memories of the pool in the 1970s

An indoor swimming pool was added to the site in 1974, and Mr Cape re being the first person to jump in.

He said: "I was 10, me and my brothers, and a few friends, were the first to get let in and I was barging my brothers out of the way to dive in, so I was the first person in."

Mr Cape also re the time his father got the indoor pool closed down.

"My dad was collecting us from the pool one evening and everyone used to flick the fluffy substance from the ceiling, which would come down like snow, and my dad asked the then pool manager what that substance was, and he said it was fireproofing.

"My dad said 'do you mean asbestos":[]}