Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 346 of 355 Thu 19th Nov 2020 2:12pm : Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3362 CliffB, hi!
Looking through your photos, I would suggest two are of the carnival. Not sure if the carnival passed that way but more than likely through what was to become Pool Meadow from the Burges. Needs more checking. But yes, first class & second class etc, know your place, they did drum it in, in those days. |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 347 of 355 Thu 19th Nov 2020 2:44pm : Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3362 Gosford Pool on a beautiful sunny afternoon, 1958. A boy dives in the shallow end like a spear entering the water, he takes three dolphin kicks under water, rolls, pushes off the far end, and like a beautiful dolphin, surfaces, his arms out in front. Parts his hands, pulls the water and surges forward - he was the nearest thing to a fish I had ever seen, it was sheer joy to stand and watch. Coventry's own Graham Symonds.
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CliffB Coventry All posts by this member | 348 of 355 Thu 19th Nov 2020 5:13pm : Joined Oct 2020 Total posts:66 On 19th Nov 2020 2:12pm, Kaga simpson said:
CliffB, hi!
Looking through your photos, I would suggest two are of the carnival. Not sure if the carnival passed that way but more than likely through what was to become Pool Meadow from the Burges. Needs more checking. But yes, first class & second class etc, know your place, they did drum it in, in those days.
Hi Kaga, could be the carnival, the outfit the lady is wearing in Queens Road is quite distinctive so I think I will find it when I get around to it. The class thing was a big deal back then, could be my imagination but I have an image of my mom tugging her forelock in the corner shop. ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 349 of 355 Fri 15th Apr 2022 8:49pm : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1608 Livingstone Rd Baths
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Earlsdon Kid Argyll & Bute, Scotland All posts by this member | 350 of 355 Fri 15th Apr 2022 10:08pm : Joined Apr 2017 Total posts:120 I learnt to swim there. It was the chosen school swimming baths until the Fairfax Street baths were opened. Thanks for the memory! |
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lindatee2002 Virginia USA All posts by this member | 351 of 355 Sat 16th Apr 2022 3:15am : Joined Apr 2015 Total posts:139 I was a member of the Godiva Ladies there in the early 60's and I still have a certificate to show that I could swim one width in good style. |
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 352 of 355 Sat 16th Apr 2022 12:10pm : Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:2043 Loved those baths. I went swimming there both with Radford Junior School and then with Coundon Court. I often used to walk there on a Saturday to be there when it opened at 9.00am. Then you got a nice calm empty pool and an end lane because I didn’t like to go out of my depth. Loved swimming but not very confident. I have my certificate for swimming a length when I went with Coundon Court, dated June 1960. |
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