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I learnt to swim in this pool late 1950s. It was always massively popular during the hot summers we always seemed to have then, and I was sad to see it close - there are so few open air lido type pools around these days. I ...Read more

A memory of Chigwell by spokesong66

I was watching the Ride London-Surrey Classic Road Cycle Road Race today and the pelaton rode up Box Hill bringing back a particular memory, so I decided to look up The Upper Farm ...Read more

A memory of Box Hill

the blue pool was still at Camberley around 1968 my school gave us opportunity to go enjoy school trip. the weather turned out rather chilly.

A memory of Camberley

Pictured to the right of you Galleon Swimming pool photo and directly opposite was the Burgh Heath Corn Stores. It was sighted on the old Bake House and in the back room were several old brick ovens. I bought all my ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Heather Lee

In the late 1940s as a child I used to play in the park along side the hospital and remember very young cutting my foot in the paddling pool. A child who was playing with me ( we had no ...Read more

A memory of Beckenham by Pat Roberts

That photo wasn't taken in 1945! That's the location of our SMNCo. Beach Pitch No.2, and when the Southend-on-Sea beaches were opened again to holidaymakers for the 1946 Season, after ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by julian

Yes....it was cold. Not as cold as the grammar school open air pool mind when swimming lessons began in May term. My aunt Edith Baines used to teach at the open air pool, and by the end of the summer she was the colour of teak !

A memory of Colchester by chris.yule2

I am the granddaughter to a man who used to live in Burnt Oak, and was born in 1935. He was unfortunately born out of wedlock and his mother never told him the name of his father. Due to some research by myself ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak

Just wanted to add.... I too remember the swimming pool and bathhouse. That’s where I learned to swim. The Piccadilly was another cinema located on Stratford Rd, just a few streets from the Waldorf. I attended church and Sunday school at Christ Church across the street from Farm Rd Park.

A memory of Sparkbrook by mrajrogers52

I used to be at hassoberry school in 1969 lovely school swimming pool we used to go in the van to get how sweets at weekends there was Irene cotton Lucy mole Linda evens Janet breger teacher miss evens miss Bogg miss Dunlop miss ...Read more

A memory of Farnham