Theresa Geeson, of Weston Hills, took 17-month-old daughter Abigail to the pool at the Castle Sports Complex last Monday and was disgusted by the showers.

She said: "One of them was scorching hot, the other was like a fridge freezer. It is OK when you are adults but when you have a baby shaking and shivering it is not acceptable.

"There are problems with the family changing rooms near the male and female rooms. One has no door and one has no locks or handles so you can't keep it shut.

"We are paying for this pool through our council taxes and paying to gain entry. Where does it go? People in Britain don't complain about things enough but we should."

She added that she wrote to the complex several months ago about the showers and was given free vouchers to Harpers Gym as well as promises that the problems would be resolved.

The pool is owned by South Holland District Council but run by contractor Leisure Connection.

It was shut for two weeks at the start of the month while areas, including the reception, toilets and sports hall, were refurbished.

Contracts manager Tina Stubbs apologised for the problems and said that doors are waiting for new handles after the wrong ones were fitted by the manufacturers.

They are due to arrive soon.

She said that showers were next on the agenda for refurbishment and added: "We have had a problem with one of the mixer valves in the showers, which are being replaced this week.

"They have to be ordered. They don't just keep them on the shelf.

"We can do some of the work while we are open but the refurbishment couldn't be done. There was quite a lot of work going on.

"The trouble is that it is a 31-year-old building.

"We had no end of complaints because it closed for a month but then what can we do? It is a catch-22 situation."