Campaign’s last stand on Lido
AFAN LIDO campaigners have made their final case in front of a crowded public meeting at the Four Winds. The final public meeting called by Afan Lido campaigners saw a packed Four Winds. Photo: Susan...
View Article10,600 signatures handed to Council on Lido rebuild
THE CAMPAIGN for the Afan Lido reached its climax today as a large group of supporters handed in a petition of more than 10,600 signatures and more than 600 letters to leisure chiefs at Neath Port...
View ArticleMove Lido to new site, says Council report
NEATH Port Talbot Council has recommended that the new Afan Lido leisure facility be rebuilt on the Hollywood Park site, and not in its former location on Aberavon Seafront. The Lido committee held...
View ArticleCouncil to sell old Lido site for £2.1m
An aerial shot showing the old Lido site and the proposed location for the new build THE REPORT on the Afan Lido rebuild, released last Friday, has confirmed the Council is looking to sell the old Lido...
View ArticlePoliticians urge caution on lido report
MP Hywel Francis and AM David Rees have called upon councillors to demand more detail before considering the findings of a controversial report on the leisure facility that will replace the Afan Lido....
View ArticleCouncil’s Lido deferment hailed as people power victory
THE deferment of the decision on the future of the new Afan Lido has been hailed a victory for people power by campaigners. More than 10,000 people showed how strongly they felt by signing the Lido...
View ArticleWhat now for Lido, asks AM
ABERAVON AM David Rees has written to the Council to demand more details about the Afan Lido task and finish group. Assembly member David Rees speaks to Afan Lido campaigner Harry Worth at a public...
View ArticleLido meeting will be open to the public
A THIRD meeting of the Afan Lido task and finish group will be open to the public, the council confirmed late yesterday. The meeting will be held in the council chamber of the Civic Centre in Port...
View ArticleLido committee announces split
AFAN Lido campaigners have announced that they are splitting into two separate groups following personal differences. The ruins of the Afan Lido. Photo by Ingrid Bousquet In a statement, Gary Owen,...
View ArticleAfan Lido rebuild could start at end of April
An artist’s impression of how the new Afan Lido could look. Work to rebuild the Afan Lido could start at the end of this month, if the council gives the go ahead next week. A report to Neath Port...
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