Down The Slide And Off The Diving Boards

A Memory of Waltham St Lawrence.

I was a grateful and keen swimmer as a child at the village. It was a delight to go and spend long summer days at Martins pool. I taught myself to swim dive and nearly drown. Many of my friends would also spend their sixpence to splash in this lavish pool of its day. This would include the Davis boys the Hayes' The Simpsons Thomsons Pikes to name a few.