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One of many events to take place in this amazing pool was the 1975 International heat of Jeux Sans Frontieres. Stuart Hall and Eddie Wareing compered on a late summers evening when competitors from all over Europe ...Read more

A memory of Southport in 1975 by David A

I was born in Northend Close and lived there till 1969. Was good friends with John Hobbs, I went to village school when I was 5 years old. My dad used to run the scouts with Bob Henly who lived in Church Street. I was also ...Read more

A memory of Quainton in 1961 by Paul Chopping

I lived in Whitchurch Road, number 85. I was Pat Smith then, mum was Connie, and dad Ron, was there from about 1960 until 1976. I went to Dycourts School and had Mr Smith as one of my teachers - he was brilliant! I remember he read The ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1963 by Pat Stewart

I lived at Swinford with my family from 1953 to approx 1966 or '67. My father put in the pool after we had a very extensive fire on Guy Fawkes night. I loved the house, the gardens and the resident ghost who I believed to be ...Read more

A memory of Great Chart in 1953 by Gillian Woodley

I have fond memories of Luton, I came with my mates from Markyate village on the 364 London transport bus to Park Sq. we would then board a red corporation bus for the swimming pool off the New Bedford road at Leaside, ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1952 by Neil Fleming

I loved swimming at Newark Swimming Pool..great memories of the smell of the water gushing from the fountain..and having a hot mug of Bovril to warm us up after our time in the unheated pool, for which ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1962 by Pauline Ely (Nee Crowder)

I lived at number 59 The Crescent for 10 years from when I was born until 1970 when we moved due to the road being demolished for the new estate that is there today. Our family name was Dobson and there was my Mum Joyce, Dad ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1970 by Susan Holt

We lived at Clifton House, Higher Ardwick from 1962 until about 1967 or so, when the area was knocked down to enable the Mancunian Way progress. I attended St Thomas' School for a year then went to Ardwick Secondary in the 'E Stream'; ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick in 1964

i lived at 51 wednesfield road oppisite the poplar public house. Ican remember fosters shop i also used to walk up sun street to corn hill were there was a small shop before the wheel public house we bought fish chips ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town in 1960 by Kevin Kavanagh

After a bus ride to Hoylake with my teenage friends (Mark Faulkner, Peter Wilson, Jayne Hanna, Peter and Robert Lacey and Jacqueline Pearce), we donned our suits and jumped into the freeeeezing white capped waters of the ...Read more

A memory of Hoylake in 1977 by Anneliese Baeske Worley