Copyright (C) Anthony William Johns. 2009.
34 Bishops Hill. Ipswich. Suffolk. IP3 8EN.
Old lido type swimming pools are difficult to manage and expensive
to refurbish. The Broomhill open air lido pool in Ipswich
Suffolk was mismanaged, dangerous. The author after approaching
I.B.C. the proprietors for the pool about the dangers called in
the local newspaper to view the dangerous pool: a pertinent
article was published in this local newspaper.
The author and the patrons of the pool were harassed by I.B.C. management as retribution for the newspaper publication. There followed a battle between the author and I.B.C. management to keep the pool safe. The author called in the Health And Safety Executive to view the dangerous pool: the H.S.E. are the policing government safety agency for corporates in the U.K.
The H.S.E. served a remedial order on I.B.C. to repair and make safe the dangerous public spring and high diving boards that were extensively used by the general public, mostly children. I.B.C. was also ordered to make other apparatus safe.
The author was again harassed by I.B.C. management, there were still safety concerns, the author made paranoid and angry by the harassment and the unsafe pools threatened the I.B.C. management with violence to try to make the pools safe: and he was banned from using Ipswich swimming pools.
Very concerned for public safety, the author called on the leader of the flagship labour council, a Mr. David Ball early one morning in late May 1996 at his home. Ball agreed the authors suspicions that certain lax safety measures were being deliberately engineered to kill an unwary member of the public at the old pool to close it indefinitely. Another deal to commerce !
The author lost it, exploded in violence hitting David Ball, and as Ball laid on the floor, the author threatened to petrol bomb Balls house if a person died in the pool as a result of his councils engineered neglect. This was a threat without intent, the author was trying to bring this unbelievable amazing situation under control.
This book, " The Fiddle ", chronicles the battle to make and keep the Broomhill Pool safe in Ipswich for eight years, the authors arrest by Ipswich police on two occasions for threats and violence and an act of terrorism behaviour against David Ball: the Crown Court case was engineered to keep this whole saga unpublished: until now !!!
Click on the links below to read book 4, " The Fiddle." either live version on line or the PDF down load version.