Old Wevelgem swimming pool under the demolition hammer

This morning the tap went into the building, where almost every Wevelgem resident learned to swim for fifty years. The pool has been empty for a while because the new pool is now open.

“With the demolition, a piece of Wevelgem’s history will disappear,” says mayor Jan Seynhaeve. “Just under 50 years ago there was the solemn inauguration of a new swimming pool for Wevelgem. Half a century later we have to conclude that it has had its time.”

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