Sean Hawkins

So it may well have been that Harry Bancroft, after her death, though he did come to write it, we know this, he kept this flat, he didn't come that often, I suspect. So his heart wasn't here. It ended really with his wife's death, which is why Poole House, this whole project, was something I think they'd thought up together.

So it may well have been that Harry Bancroft, after her death, though he did come to write it, we know this, he kept this flat, he didn't come that often, I suspect. So his heart wasn't here. It ended really with his wife's death, which is why Poole House, this whole project, was something I think they'd thought up together.

And sadly, apart from the road and the fact that there is a cinema on the site, that's really all that we have to record them, which is why it's important the work you do and other people do is to keep the name alive and explain why the road is called Bancroft Road. This is why I started to investigate it years ago.

And sadly, apart from the road and the fact that there is a cinema on the site, that's really all that we have to record them, which is why it's important the work you do and other people do is to keep the name alive and explain why the road is called Bancroft Road. This is why I started to investigate it years ago.

Yes. Right, you go first, Peter. Don't trip over the step.

Yes. Right, you go first, Peter. Don't trip over the step.

It's slightly difficult to determine which direction we're looking at. One's rather lost one's sense of direction. We've come down from there. That's probably south. This must be the western end of the pool here. You can see here that this angle suggests that it ran slightly from northeast to southwest. Yes. And they had a little shop here too.

It's slightly difficult to determine which direction we're looking at. One's rather lost one's sense of direction. We've come down from there. That's probably south. This must be the western end of the pool here. You can see here that this angle suggests that it ran slightly from northeast to southwest. Yes. And they had a little shop here too.

Jack used to sell drinks and... Afternoon teas as well. Afternoon teas, that's right. Yes.

Jack used to sell drinks and... Afternoon teas as well. Afternoon teas, that's right. Yes.

There were changing rooms. Small. Still there.

There were changing rooms. Small. Still there.

As far as one understands it, during the war it was closed, and then it reopened after the war, and it rather staggered along with it. And it had a slightly, amongst the... It had a rather strange reputation. Those who loved it and those who thought it was a terribly dirty place and wouldn't allow their children to swim there.

As far as one understands it, during the war it was closed, and then it reopened after the war, and it rather staggered along with it. And it had a slightly, amongst the... It had a rather strange reputation. Those who loved it and those who thought it was a terribly dirty place and wouldn't allow their children to swim there.

I met several people when I was doing work on it who'd been told, they've grown up now in fact at my age, and were saying, you know, we weren't allowed to come here.

I met several people when I was doing work on it who'd been told, they've grown up now in fact at my age, and were saying, you know, we weren't allowed to come here.

Yeah, the eastern end, there were certainly quite a lot of trees hanging over it.

Yeah, the eastern end, there were certainly quite a lot of trees hanging over it.

I don't know, and I can't tell you exactly what the season was. Probably a little bit more exploration in the same era. You'd be able to discover that.

I don't know, and I can't tell you exactly what the season was. Probably a little bit more exploration in the same era. You'd be able to discover that.