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Loved this pool, swimming, was like been abroad, bring back the LIDO.....it's more fun swimming outdoors.

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1980 by Colette Spooner

The summer of 1959 goes down as the hottest in my memory. It started at the end of April and continued right through until the end of September. I was ten years of age that year and I spent most of that glorious summer hanging out ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1959 by Chris Bowers

I was born in Sunbury in 1953 and left in 1978, so have many fond memories of it. Does anyone remember Mrs.Bennett, who taught swimming at the open air pool on Rivermead Island? She was my mother and taught me. She was a tough 'un ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury by Jo Clutton

Oh the joys .... went here with my brother and the 2 boys from next door. Trying (as usual) to be 'part of the gang' I was persuaded to jump of the spring board ~ problem, I couldn't actually swim at the time! Came up just ...Read more

A memory of Chatham in 1959 by Carole Longhurst

I was born in Edlington in 1940 but was soon given to my aunties Joan and Lilley Desborough to be looked after as my mother already had a child by my future step dad. I lived at 39 St. Thomas Road, second to end house, my next ...Read more

A memory of Stainforth in 1946 by Bryan Maloney

One of my earliest memories was of falling in the dyke with my best dress on, I was around 18 months old and on Mrs Smith site which I think was close to Dover Lodge. I remember the delicious milk from Wrigglesworths ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1960 by Lorraine O'neill

Me and my mates were at Burtons every Friday after 'Ready Steady Go' on TV. I met the love of my life there, but never worked out. I still have great memories of that place, ??? Bennet and the Rebel Rousers, Brian Poole and the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Paul Lamb

My parents met at a place called Thornypits and married during the war years.They were George and Pam Edwards, he was a local barber and came from Killarney, Southern Ireland, she came from Ditcheat, near Shepton ...Read more

A memory of Hawthorn in 1942 by Pam Mears

In Sept 1968 I and my five children arrived and fell in love Dittisham, just too late sadly to save the village school from closing. Eventually after renting first Dunedin Cottage and then Red Rose Cottage we were given a council ...Read more

A memory of Dittisham in 1968 by Jo Nicoletti

I think that this view looks back towards the Mitcham Fair Green. If I am right, on the left would be the Swimming baths where I used to go now and again with friends. I seem to remember that it was very basic, with changing cubicles opening directly onto the pool.

A memory of Mitcham in 1930 by Douglas Tunbridge