As I understand it the figure was around £30,000 that had been collected many years before the pool was eventually built. The Highland council put in about £1 million and there were one or two other smaller funds also added such as the Wick Rotary. Maybe over the years the cost of the pool has been attributed to the funds raised rather than just an addition to the much larger council imput.
The collection had been going on for several years and then collections slowed down to a halt and the money sat in an account controlled by the late councillor Andy Murray and his committee.
Although the collections were porbably never going to be enough they probably did keep the project on someone's list of things to get done in Wick.
Now with things like the Hi-Life card for individuals and families you can swim in Wick at relatively low cost. the Hi-life card allows access to facilties all over Highland as well as your local one. The Aquadome in Inverness with its flumes and wave machine is great fun for the kids and you do not have to pay anything for entry if you already have the Hi-life card.
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