Chippenham Swimming Pool
I was about 12 when the pool opened and what excitement it brought to us kids of Chippenham. I learnt to swim their with my friends (Margaret Ritchie, Jean West etc. and many more). I remember the bank being covered in sun bathers, people would take picnics and spend the whole day their. There was a shop at the top of the bank that sold teas, coffees and snacks. In fact when I was 14 & 15 I worked their for the summer holidays. I remember my sister Pat Potter tripping in the kids pool, then standing up and not realising her bikini top was up around her neck and she was displaying her charms. Oh! how those years have passed by and how much water has flowed under the bridge since then!
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RE: RE: Chippenham Swimming Pool
I must have been at the same school as Sheila, Cocklebury Road school, near the station. I remember the construction and opening of the pool, I was 13 years old. We lived in Ashe Crescent, not mfar from John Coles Park. We walked to St Pauls primary school, through the park. There was great excitement when the fair came to the park. About the same time every year. My next school was Ivy Lane school and the fair used to give the headmaster free tickets to give away to certain kids, they were worth one ride, sixpence. We used to go to the Gaumont cinema every Saturday morning for the kiddies shows, on the bus if we were very lucky! Happy days!!
Comment from Peter Ball on Thursday, 14th May 2009.