McLauchlan, A orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-8619 (2017) Geographies of Swimming Pool Provision: Lessons from Glasgow 1804–2014. Scottish Geographical Journal, 133 (2). pp. 83-100. ISSN 1470-2541
Abstract
Swimming is a popular form of recreation and exercise in the UK and US. Swimming can take place outdoors but, particularly in the UK, largely takes place in designated indoor pools. Existing research tends to focus on ‘public’ or ‘municipal’ pools leaving broader spatial geographies of swimming pool provision under explored. In response to concern about swimming pool closures, this paper draws from extensive archival research into all swimming pools in the City of Glasgow, Scotland, since the first opened in 1804. Formal and informal programmes of pool building and closure were revealed. Rather than decreasing, public provision has remained constant for the last 100 years but become progressively more spread out in relation to the city’s changing size. Broadening exploration beyond the ‘public’ category exposed a vast drop in school pool numbers around the year 2000 due to a Private Finance Initiative project that consolidated the secondary school estate and outsourced school building management. The lessons: researching all types of swimming pool through time greatly enriches understandings of the changing meaning and extent of public service provision.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Scottish Geographical Journal on 21 February 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14702541.2017.1285042. |
Keywords: | public service provision, swimming pools, education, historical geography, Glasgow |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Citizenship & Belonging (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2017 13:54 |
Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 15:53 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2017.1285042 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14702541.2017.1285042 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113326 |