Historic Victoria Park pool is dug up in Stafford

A paddling pool that has been loved by generations of children in Stafford town centre is disappearing.

For video footage of the new play area, click here

The pool in Victoria Park off Tenterbanks and alongside the River Sow is being demolished as part of a £500,000 improvement scheme.

The pool, which dates from 1930, will be replaced by a new sand and water play feature. It was last used in September 2010. The pool was open each year for free use from May to the end of September and had been refurbished in 2005.

Users of the park, which celebrated its centenary in 2008, were consulted by Stafford Borough Council.

Comments on a website forum describe the landmark pool as having been "butchered". Work began in November and the new play area is due to open in the spring.