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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
346 of 363  Thu 19th Nov 2020 2:44pm  

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
347 of 363  Thu 19th Nov 2020 5:13pm  

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. Roll eyes
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Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
348 of 363  Fri 15th Apr 2022 10:08pm  

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
349 of 363  Sat 16th Apr 2022 3:15am  

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
350 of 363  Sat 16th Apr 2022 12:10pm  

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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Prof
Gloucester
351 of 363  Wed 11th May 2022 10:15pm  

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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
352 of 363  Thu 12th May 2022 4:30am  

Roll eyes A good one Prof. Like Anne I lost all my confidence when on the end of a rope with a rubber ring. I was booked in for a few lessons but the lady instructor was chatting to the lady next to her and I experienced a few 'duckings' trying to swim back. Needless to say I didn't go back again, only with my dad. Roll eyes
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bk
Coventry
353 of 363  Fri 13th May 2022 8:53pm  

We've added some lovely photographs of Livingstone Road Baths, by Jenny Parkin, to Coventry Digital.
b p kyneswood

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Mick Strong
Coventry
354 of 363  Wed 19th Oct 2022 9:29am  

On 23rd Jan 2012 1:50pm, NeilsYard said: As a 70's/80's 'Yoof' I learnt at Cov Baths usually being pulled up after submerging by one of the metal hoops they used to stop you drowning! I did used to go to Livingstone with my neighbours for a friendly swim. I can also recall being made to jump into the outdoor pool at Woodlands school once they had broken the ice - literally! Oh my
Reading through this old post made me recall Woodlands swimming pool (to which I must have donated at least £1 towards its construction in the early 60's) being so frozen over that Colin Dick (art teacher) was actually ice skating on it.
Mick Strong

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NeilsYard
Coventry
355 of 363  Wed 19th Oct 2022 9:49am  

I hated it, Mick. Don Thompson seen here making sure everyone froze.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
356 of 363  Wed 24th Jan 2024 3:49pm  

BBC News
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Mick Strong
Coventry
357 of 363  Wed 24th Jan 2024 6:24pm  

How about converting it into a nice theatre?
Mick Strong

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ian c
Coventry
358 of 363  Wed 24th Jan 2024 6:51pm  

How's about converting it into a swimming pool? We're a large city, we need one in the city centre. It makes my blood boil the way they have allowed it to become run down over the years. Absolutely shameful. And is that monstrosity in New Union Street supposed to pacify us? Who on earth builds a "child friendly" thing like that, surrounded on 3 sides by busy roads. So busy that they had to build an embankment along the road. Sigh
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Rob
Wimborne
359 of 363  Wed 24th Jan 2024 6:56pm  

Gosford swimming pool. We used to go there with Freddies around 1960. Bloody freezing in the winter. The kids used to hide and the teachers rounded them up and slung them in. There was sometimes a thin layer of ice on the surface of the pool, I kid you not. They used to call it character building, but that is not the phrase the kids called it.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
360 of 363  Wed 24th Jan 2024 7:17pm  

I think I've mentioned before that the only heated part of the whole site was a cup of oxo!
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