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diving board was demolished in 1982. As part of the rebranding, features such as slides, a wave machine were introduced. The
Tropicana had enormous fruits as a feature and adopted the tag line, "It's fun and fruity. It's wet and wild". It remained a popular attraction for many years.
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to a consortium of local businesses, Trop Ltd, who intended to build a new swimming pool complex on the site. As the land owner, however, the council has not yet given Trop Ltd permission to build on the site.
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