Pool Row Continues: Alternative Vision vs Thimblerow Plan Debated Without Anyone Agreeing What ‘Feasible’ Means
Campaigners push Glover Street concept; council calls for hard evidence; public still wants somewhere to swim.
A swimming pool, which Perth would quite like to keep having. Photo: Mike Quinn, “Wentworth Leisure Centre - swimming pool - geograph.org.uk - 7863254”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
PERTH — The long-running row over Perth’s leisure future continued this week as campaigners promoting an alternative concept at Glover Street clashed with council officials over the £74m PH2O Thimblerow project planned on a popular car park.
Briefings to councillors described the alternative as highly conceptual, lacking detailed feasibility work, while campaigners said their petition expresses public concern and a wish for options to be examined — not a promise that drawings are shovel-ready.
Perthetic will not name the individuals involved. We will note that everyone claims to want a pool, nobody wants to lose a car park, and the word “irresponsible” has been used in a meeting in a way that pleased approximately nobody.
Residents continue to swim where they can and argue where they must.
The real story: Real: Courier 22 Oct — council/campaigners row over PH2O vs Glover Street alternative; no individuals named here
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I just want to swim. Is that so much to ask.
— Anonymous, Perth, 23 October 2026 -
Argue about car parks on your own time. Build a pool on ours.
— Jean H., Scone, 23 October 2026 -
We’ve got pools. You’re welcome. Bring a towel and an apology.
— Tam W., Dundee, 23 October 2026 -
We've got pools. You're welcome. Bring a towel and an apology.
— Tam W., Dundee, 27 October 2026
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