Michael has made very concise and pertinent points.
I have personally used the pools for over 20 years and whilst have found them very convenient and cheap, by no stretch of the imagination did they provide a nice swimming experience, and not just because of lousy management and cleanliness. I appreciate the sentiment around retention but would be very concerned at any overemphasis on retention and predominance of concern for the streetscape over function and userfriendliness, and basically of any further delay in reprovision. Pools are notoriously expensive to build, develop and run, and do not really work in older buildings unless you are prepared to pay shedloads of (public) cash to run complicated vapour extraction,ventilation and heating systems. There are also energy efficiency, costs in use, and accessibility issues to consider.

With respect to Alexis, Brockwell Lido is not in the same category- it is a much simpler structure than FH Pools. My own concern about the Lido is that is not heated- if it were so,cheaply using solar power, it could be used well into the winter months. We tried it once last summer and gave up after a few minutes as it was absolutely freezing. If I wanted a cold dip I'd have tried the Serpentine.

I share the concerns about the Councils ability to replace the pool with a sound attractive and user friendly building, but this is no reason to continue the argument for retention. As a long standing local resident I would be furious if the conservation lobby set out to frustrate the now inevitable process of providing a new building .