Swimming Pools In Andover

A Memory of Andover.

I well remember the open air swimming pool where we used to go for swimming lessons from Norman Gate primary school as well as the open air pool at the Grammar School featured in one of your photos. However my first experience of swimming was in the River Anton. Where the river comes under the railway line, it comes through an arch bridge and on the Andover side of the bridge was a large pool, where an H girder had been planted in the riverbed. By sliding sheets of corrugated iron vertically into the girder, it was possible to dam the river to create a swimming pool. Many a sunny day was spent there as a young child along with the other boys from New Street (back in the days when children could play out safely for hours without direct adult supervision!). Fond memories of a very happy childhood. I have not lived in Andover since 1975 and now when I visit to see my mother, I struggle to recognise parts of the quiet little town I grew up in.


Added 18 September 2015

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