Edinburgh Leisure’s Glenogle Swim Centre marks a major milestone this September – 125 years at the heart of the Stockbridge community – with a celebration event to be attended by the Lord Provost. There will also be a further opportunity to view Edinburgh Leisure’s Edinburgh 900 exhibition, Great Lengths, which will be on display from 1-7 September.
Affectionately known as ‘Glennies’, Glenogle Swim Centre will host a special event for members and locals on Friday, 5th September from 10:30 am, with everyone welcome to join in. Staff have been working hard to plan a celebration worthy of this treasured Victorian building.
A Time Capsule for the Future
A time capsule curated by Sam Machin, who opened the Glenogle Café on the mezzanine level in April 2024, will be buried in the garden at the Saxe-Coburg. The capsule include will include items suggested by locals following a public call-out.
A Garden Grown with Love
The garden at the Saxe-Coburg entrance is a testament to community spirit. Over the past decade, customers Marjorie Mantle and Andrew Dixon have transformed the once-barren plot into a flourishing green space by improving the soil and plating a variety of flowers and foliage. A community bench will be unveiled at the entrance on 5 September, and Mahboob Ditta, a regular at Glenogle, who often works with the Botanics and who is a recent recipient of the King’s Award for Volunteering, will host a plant stall on the day, offering horticultural advice and sharing his expertise.
Edinburgh Leisure’s pools through the lens and in art
Operations Supervisor and artist Johnathan Elders has organised an art competition involving local primary schools – Flora Stevenson, Stockbridge Primary, and Edinburgh Academy – with the theme Past, Present and Future. Children’s artwork will be displayed alongside historical research curated by leisure attendant Isla Miller.
Edinburgh 900: Great Lengths Exhibition
The Great Lengths exhibition, part of Edinburgh Leisure’s Edinburgh 900 celebrations, will be on display at Glenogle from 1-7 September, before moving to The Living Memories Association’s (LMA) new space at Ocean Terminal. Entrance is free.
Edinburgh Leisure is also working with Russell Clegg from LMA to collect and share customer stories in a podcast. A stall featuring vintage pool memorabilia will help spark conversations and memories.
