Keith Myerscough
Keith Myerscough MA MEd Associate Member of SpLeisH (Manchester Metropolitan University).
Keith has presented conference papers on the social history of commercial swimming. He has written peer reviewed articles and book chapters on individual Natationists and swimming clubs in Lancashire. Keith began his career as a teacher of physical education within the State School sector before moving on to manage the UK’s first basketball/netball facility in Stockport, Greater Manchester. He returned to teaching in the FE/HE sectors in 1999. Keith took early retirement from his post as a Senior Lecturer in Sport Studies at the University Centre, Blackpool in 2014. Keith has researched and published a book entitled Joey Nuttall Champion Swimmer of the World – “The Stalybridge Merman”.
- Industrial Heritage (Part 1) – Cotton Lancashire’s Victorian Swimming Baths
- Industrial Heritage (Part 2) – Public Baths Providing Health, Hygiene and Exercise
- Industrial Heritage (Part 3) – Collier Street Baths: Past, Present, Future
- Industrial Heritage (Part 4) – Public Swimming Baths: A Civic Responsibility?
- The Stalybridge Merman – Joseph ‘Joey’ Nuttall