Oh But It Was Cold!
A Memory of Colchester.
Yes, I can remember some happy sunny afternoons on the lookout for boys around the mid 1970s, we used to pool hop between the new indoor and the old outdoor,
A less happy memory was doing my 50m Preliminary 2 with Heathlands Primary, as we travelled there on the coach the sky was black and we were all sure it would be cancelled, it was a FREEZING cold day. But no, we all got lined up at the edge of the pool and I have a memory literally being pushed in to do it, although it could be the product of an overactive and outraged imagination. Anyway, we did it and when I got out I literally couldn't feel my legs and waddled back to those dark dank changing rooms under the bridge, to be rasped dry by Elizabeth Gooden's mum...
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My other memory was the sheer thrill of have a changing hut as a special treat ! My sister was taught to swim by Mr Smith. I too had lessons at the grammar school and also at the girl's county high . This pool was cold too and. We shared it with frogs!!