The cold returned last week. Hereâs to warm thoughts of melting grape popsicles dripping on your fist, steamy afternoons at the pool, and long ago July nights at the Coffee Pot. Q: As a lad l rode my bike to all the public swimming pools around Roanoke during and after World War II. One of those pools I visited a couple of times was in Cloverdale. As I recall it was called Tinkerbell. The pool was a simple one, the result of a dam on Tinker Creek with the creek flowing through. I recently visited the site and saw concrete walls on both sides of the creek. What more do we know of this old facility?