I HAVE never been moved to write to the paper before, but once again I read in the Mercury a letter from some old wag about how the Tropicana should be an open air swimming pool.

I HAVE never been moved to write to the paper before, but once again I read in the Mercury a letter from some old wag about how the Tropicana should be an open air swimming pool.

Those who demand such a move are mainly in the over-60s bracket, who remember those halcyon days of the high diving board, rather than the days of a run-down, mainly empty facility, that so few people used that it became impossible to run at a profit.

These people are living in the past and need to move on.

These days, most kids aren't really interested in swimming, they tend to favour Playstations and Nintendo.

Further, it seems to me that the old folk who demand a pool, including the ubiquitous Dick Whittington, would be very unlikely to swell the queues outside one.

DEREK PHILLIPS

Moorland Road, Weston