University of Suffolk student Deborah Norwood has superbly captured the haunting past of Broomhill Swimming Pool.

Ipswich Star: University of Suffolk student Deborah Norwood has taken photos of Broomhill Lido for her final-year photography degree. Picture: GREGG BROWNUniversity of Suffolk student Deborah Norwood has taken photos of Broomhill Lido for her final-year photography degree. Picture: GREGG BROWN

“I wanted to capture parts that you can’t see on Google Earth, the bits that when you look at the images, you think ‘I remember that’,” the 28-year-old said.

“I wanted people to remember their childhood.”

Ipswich Star: The training junior pool at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. The metal scaffolding on the right is the main pool, which has been covered with scaffolding. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYThe training junior pool at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. The metal scaffolding on the right is the main pool, which has been covered with scaffolding. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

The strikingly blue men’s changing room, the sun terrace, and the ladies rinse shower will bring back memories for most.

The derelict lido was awarded a £3.4m Heritage Lottery Fund last month for it to reopen in 2020, some 18 years after the open-air pool closed. The Grade II listed site originally opened in 1938.

Ipswich Star: Looking across from the sun terrace to the former poolside entrance to the ladies changing room at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYLooking across from the sun terrace to the former poolside entrance to the ladies changing room at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

“It is such an iconic part of Ipswich,” said Ms Norwood, who is studying photography at the University of Suffolk.

“I’m surprised it is not photographed more. It’s like parts of it have stopped in time.”

Ipswich Star: University of Suffolk student Deborah Norwood has taken photos of Broomhill Lido for her final-year photography degree. Picture: GREGG BROWNUniversity of Suffolk student Deborah Norwood has taken photos of Broomhill Lido for her final-year photography degree. Picture: GREGG BROWN

Her Broomhill gallery is part of a final-year project for her photography degree.

She said: “I was originally planning on creating a series that was based around fairy-tales that was going to be set in ruins. I had hoped to use Broomhill pool as a location and bring a model in, but when I first stepped foot in there, I saw the beauty of it and knew I instantly wanted to change my project to include Broomhill as a main feature.

Ipswich Star: The ladies rinse shower at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYThe ladies rinse shower at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

“The architect Alan Wilkinson gave myself and my fiancé a tour and I took photographs and learnt the history of it.

“I had never been there before but my fiancé and his family, who have lived in Ipswich all their lives, had fond memories of it.”

Ipswich Star: The ladies changing room at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYThe ladies changing room at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

Ms Norwood, originally from Fakenham in Norfolk, developed a love of photography after being diagnosed with ME, leaving her bedbound for five years.

She said: “My grandad bought me a digital camera for my 21st birthday and he and my nan used to take me out when I was poorly.

“It was something I could do that didn’t make me feel even worse. I fell in love with photography and enrolled on a city and guilds digital photography course at Wells-Next-the-Sea library one day a week.”

Her work will form part of an exhibition of photographs by university students at the Waterfront Gallery in Ipswich. The students are raising money to exhibit their work at Candid Arts in London on June 14.

Ipswich Star: Rinse showers at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYRinse showers at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

For more, see @uosdegreeshow on Twitter or Deborah’s Facebook page.

Ipswich Star: The food terrace, with the sun terrace on the left, at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYThe food terrace, with the sun terrace on the left, at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

Ipswich Star: The food court and terrace at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYThe food court and terrace at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)

Ipswich Star: Discarded playing cards at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHYDiscarded playing cards at Broomhill Swimming Pool in Ipswich. Picture: DEBORAH NORWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: Deborah Norwood Photography 2017)