Lee On The Solent, The Children's Swimming Pool c.1960
Photo ref: L461083
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Photo of Lee On The Solent, The Children's Swimming Pool c.1960

Memories of Lee on the Solent, the Children's Swimming Pool c1960

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Although I used to take my two children to the pool from Stubbington when we lived there in the 1960s my memory is of the 1940s when it was an adult pool with a high diving board.   A swimming gala was put on by the Navy and we sat on the bank facing the sea.  At one point a uniformed Navy chap stood on the end of the diving board and made some sort of announcement.  To my horror he suddenly pitched forward and fell ...see more