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Published:
January 15, 2008
Campaigners
take to the airwaves in fight to save Burnham pool
 Burnham-On-Sea
residents took to the airwaves to campaign for the future of the
town's swimming pool on Tuesday morning (January 15th).
Residents
were invited to join in a live radio debate about the future of
the threatened pool when BBC Somerset's Radio Bus visited the
town 24 hours before Sedgemoor District Council is due to decide
the pool's fate.
Margaret
Smith from Burnham Disabled Swimming Club explained that the pool
is "a lifeline" for her members and added that the Berrow
Road facility has helped her walk again.
Reverend
Graham Witts of St Andrew's Church explained how he's got his
congregation praying for its future.
And
in a fiery debate, Tom Ashton, Chairman of the Save Our Swimming
Pool campaign group, put his questions about the finances of the
pool directly to Sedgemoor District Council's Ann Bown.
The
BBC Bus was parked outside the pool throughout Tuesday morning.
Our
photo shows Margaret Smith from Burnham Disabled Swimming Club,
Reverend Graham Witts of St Andrew's Church, being interviewed
beside the BBC's bus by Andrew Enever and Jo Philips on Tuesday
morning
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