• I READ Richard Osley’s report on the progress of Kentish Town Baths with excitement and anticipation and I couldn’t help thinking how fortunate anyone who is going to use the facilities will be (£25m pool is bathed in light after revamp, January 14).
Thanks to Councillor Flick Rea (pictured) and her team we are in a unique position for which we should all be highly grateful and appreciative. We know the works are on time and still within the set budget.
All three pools have been saved so that swimming will be available for the very young, including babies and toddlers, right up to the elderly. 
State-of-the-art fitness facilities will also be available and, as well as that, requests from members of the user group have been taken seriously and accommodated where possible. 
GLL, the service provider, is listening to users about making the best possible use of every facility in the building.
As a member of the London Pools Campaign and Chair of London Schools’ Swimming Association I speak from experience when I say how great it is first to see pools saved instead of being demolished and secondly to see the Kentish Town baths building being given the respect it rightly deserves. 
I cannot wait for the autumn when I see my beloved baths come back into operation, providing wonderful opportunities for young and old alike for many years to come.
BRENDA HUMPHRIES
Chair of London Schools’ Swimming Association

Triumph

• A LETTER of congratulation to Councillor Flick Rea and Camden Council for the coming triumph at the Prince of Wales baths.
The vision and architectural aesthetics of Queen Victoria’s England has been rediscovered for the delight of 21st-century swimmers. It brings a touch of glamour, imagination and insight to modern local government.
I recall the first public meeting to discuss the project at the Kentish Town Library when some of us, recalling Swiss Cottage swimming pool fiasco and the loss of the optimistic post-Second World War architectural legacy of Sir Basil Spence, pleaded for restoration not obliteration of the Prince of Wales baths.
May I propose a vote of thanks to Cllr Rea and Camden Council and hope that the magic of their work and names are, in a suitably Victorian way, remembered with a plaque.
ROBERT SUTHERLAND SMITH
Widecombe Way, N2