Kingsbury Swimming Pool Before World War 2.

A Memory of Kingsbury.

I remember waiting impatiently for the pool to open on May 2nd each year. The entrance was 2d, and 7/6d for a season ticket. There were always long queues on the first day of opening. I was 11-12 years old when I first could swim, learning on the river at Marlow bathing place which had been fenced off as a swimming centre.  My favourite drink afterwards was hot oxo in the cafe there.
As a junior at Roe Green (next door) we were never taken for swimming lessons before the war as local children here in Brighton & Hove are now.  We really loved the place.  I remember Mike Ashman who was a wonderful diver, he hardly made a splash.  His father was Mayor of Wembley and a local headmaster.  The pool was I am sure subsidised by the Council. It was of great benefit to the children particularly.
Winifred Jeffers (nee Neighbour) - aged 81 years and still swimming regularly!