There’s no show on Saturday for the planned “When We Were Young” music festival in Las Vegas.
07.10.2022 - 08:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Approaching the building, you would never have guessed the exotic oasis that lay inside.
Apart from an unusual pyramid-shaped roof, it was to all appearances a fairly unremarkable looking 1980s council building. But once inside, a tropical indoor playground was revealed that became renowned across Manchester.
Gorton Tub made memories that lasted a lifetime and was the place every child wanted to go. Despite its name making it sound like a Victorian bathhouse, it was far from just any ordinary suburban swimming pool - it was Manchester's own inner-city water park.
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Just like The Water Place in Bolton, Gorton Tub opened to great fanfare in 1988. Crowds of kids spent many fun-filled hours splashing about in its chlorinated water before heading for a Slush Puppie and a chocolate bar, or if you were lucky, a burger and chips.
Posts on online fan pages have described the indoor water-park as 'the place where dreams were made and happiness was shared.' Another post said: "You was a lucky kid if you got to go here!"
Sadly, Gorton Tub closed in the early 2000s. However, its legacy lives on with the building now used as a gymnastics centre where Manchester's Olympians of the future are taught.
Many youngsters took their first swimming lessons at Gorton Tub in its standard-laned pool. But it was elsewhere that the building's main attractions lay.
The tropically themed pool housed several water flume slides, including a huge central one with steps going to the top that almost reached the ceiling. There were also river rapids, a whirlpool, a beach area and a paddling pool.
It was even a pioneer in terms of access, with a ramp for those
There’s no show on Saturday for the planned “When We Were Young” music festival in Las Vegas.
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