In 1977 the world was a much smaller place than it is now.So, when a local council committee came up with the idea of running a special dolphin show in a community swimming pool, a lot of people were very excited.The animals were to be shipped from Scarborough - where they were being used as part of a regular attraction - all the way to Horwich, a small town in the north of the borough of Bolton.Everything was planned out.
The water in the pool at Horwich Baths would be emptied and replaced with salt water and the facility would be closed to swimmers for three weeks while the show took place.These days there would probably be a lot more questions asked about the welfare of the poor dolphins, who had already been ripped from their natural.
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