Enfield Open Air Pool 1960's

A Memory of Enfield.

My dad met my mum at the Open Air Pool in the 1930s - so they had a lot to answer for in my family!

During the late 1960s I went to Kingsmead School (next door to the pool) and during spring/summer games lessons we were "forced" to go swimming!

I also remember the sign on the outside of the building telling what temperature the water was - I personally think they lied through their teeth as it also seemed bl**dy freezing! I also remember watching the staff tipping large bags of chlorine powder in the (middle) deep section - God help you if you dived in just after!

Then I spent most of the summer holidays there with my mates - cut-down Levi's were the fashion order of the day! I believe that they turned this into a skateboard park in the late 1970s.

Enfield Town FC's stadium was also just behind the pool - many happy hours were spent there on a Friday night (if my memory serves!) - watching one of the best Isthmian League amateur sides of the day.

Both now sadly gone - but there are plenty of us who have not forgotten.