Wartime swimming at Baker’s Folly — college use and photographs

During the Second World War, the owners of Baker’s Folly lent their private sea pool to students of the evacuated Bergman Österberg college.

The sea pool at Baker’s Folly became one of the swimming places used by the Bergman Österberg college during its Newquay evacuation. The institution’s swimming history records the owners’ offer and former students’ memories of exposed lessons beside the Atlantic.

This is a distinct episode in the house’s history, not evidence that it became college accommodation. The archive also holds pool photographs, but their appearance does not establish the identity of each swimmer or the exact dates of the exposures. The historical use is not a statement about present-day public access.