Fashion and Bathing at Southport

From the collection of

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
Established in 1977, the North West Film Archive preserves moving images made in or about the North West of England for the education and enjoyment of the region’s people. Part of Manchester Metropolitan University Library’s Cultural Collections, and based within Manchester Central Library’s Archives+ partnership, we are a specialist resource dedicated to saving and growing our region’s rich filmed history.

Fashion and Bathing at Southport


Everyone is clearly having a whale of a time at Southport Bathing Lake, in this short and entertaining film. Appreciative applause greets the young women from the fashion and beauty parade, though for some, fun in the water is more to their liking - swimming, sliding and splashing, or grappling with the large Bukta ball, in an open-air pool designed to accommodate over 600 people.


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