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Jack Bain worked for the Bank of Australasia and worked in many branches over his career from the 1920s to his retirement in 1966. The new Swimming Baths or Bremer Park Pool was officially opened in January 1921. The pool was emptied twice a week because there was no filtration or modern equipment as used today, however they did throw handfuls of chlorine in when needed. The only time you could see the bottom of the pool was when it was emptied. The pool was emptied on Sunday nights and Wednesday nights and refilled the next day. This Bath was known as the Bremer Park Pool and was 100ft by 33ft wide. There were dressing rooms to accommodate 170 bathers and enough tiered seating above these to comfortably seat 700 people.The Baths at Bremer Park were demolished to make way for the East St entrance onto the David Trumpy Bridge around 1963.