September 30 2011...and this is the sad state of Snailbeach Pool, empty of water except for a small pool at the mine end. This can be seen (right) behind a bathtub exposed by the receding water and (below) surrounded by dead fish. Immediate closure of the Pool and of the angling club was announced on September 17 by Roger Leech, chairman of the Friends of Snailbeach Pool Angling Club, reporting a continuing drop in water levels for two years.  A major leak has been suspected and reservoir engineers suspect that a second feed pipe to the old valve house has corroded and might have caused some of the problems. Mr Leech said that a considerable time would be needed to solve the problem and the pool might have to be reclayed. Long-term water feed also needed to be assured.  Meanwhile the majority of the remaining fish had been netted and taken to a council quarantine pool.  Separately, Sir John Roberts, of the Shropshire Anglers Association, called for a Village Hall meeting to research finding water supplies via ditches and springs before trying to find funding to channel them. But restocking was "not on the horizon."