Greenwich Conservatives have expressed anger at the Labour Council’s decision to close  Hornfair Lido for the school summer holidays. In July, local Conservatives, led by Parliamentary Candidate Spencer Drury presented a petition to Council and called for the reopening of the Lido for August – a call rejected by Charlton’s Labour Councillors.
The reason Labour gave for the closure was that the private company due to sign a lease on the Lido, to enable its world-class scuba diving centre, should need to close the pool as soon as possible to start building work.
However, no agreement was reached until mid-August and Conservatives would have asked Open Waters to delay work until the beginning of September. Spencer said: “No one knew about the initial closure,  leaving residents surprised and disappointed. In August, Labour employed security guards to stop children entering the site. This has been a badly handled mess.”