Gosport, The Bathing Pool c.1960
Photo ref:
G37064
Photo ref:
G37064
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Memories of Gosport, the Bathing Pool c1960
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From the age of about 10, so about 1957, every year for about 5 years I held a season ticket which cost 5 shillings at the Gosport Swimming Bath for the whole summer, and spent hours there every week. I could even be somewhere in this picture! If I was feeling flush I could buy a choc-ice for 5 old pence, and I always had a penny for a squirt of Brylcreem from the dispenser.
It's funny how we forget. I had forgotten all about this pool until I saw this picture. I shouldn't have though I still have the scares to prove I was there. If I remember correctly there was a waterfall in the shallow pool that was covered with some type of sharp pea shingle. I was climbing on the side of it, just as my mum called to me to get down I fell and slid down the side cutt my left knee ...see more
I remember them well, especially a teacher called Naison ( think that's the spelling)
Nasty wicked man almost drowned except for a good friend called Brent Pounds.
Out of school hours and good weather it was one of the best places for a lot of people to meet up.
Another GBC wrong decision to destroy one of the great things about Gosport.
Still the same, Gosport sadly has gone downhill.
Nothing for young people to do,very sad :0(
I loved it here, swam all day, had lots of fun. I just wish it was still here today as it was a great place for many of us from Gosport.
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