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    1. [HAM] Request for info about Southampton Swimming Pools
    2. Chris
    3. Hi, At long last I'm writing up my childhood memories and part of those pertain to the main swimming pools in Southampton in the 1960s and I wonder if anyone on this list can help. 1) I started swimming there in the early 1960s and remember a pool that had changing cubicles on a slatted platform that was on two sides of the pool - on a platform above the water. The hot water was pumped in via large pipes running under the platform. I think that there were also Turkish Baths there. Where was this pool and what was its name? Is there any on-line source I should look at. 2) I then witnessed the opening of the new pool in the mid 1960s. I remember a top-class diver diving off the top board to open the pool. I then joined the Southampton City Swimming Club along with the likes of David Haller and Alan Kimber. Where was the pool, what was it called and when was it opened? Again - any on-line sources? I hope you can help. Chris [Christopher Gray]

    12/21/2009 02:59:00