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We learnt to swim in the local baths but practised in the River Trent just below the weir at Gunthorpe. It's a wonder we didn't die of the pollution at that time, the brown suds were around 18" thick where it tumbled over the weir and we could hardly see where we were going... but happy days....Re: Open Water Swimming.
When I was 3 we were living in a rented house in the middle of a large field through which ran a dirty stream, and there was a larger area of water at one point that we called the swimming hole. I learned to swim there, when my parents gently put me in and got me to swim back to them standing ever further away. I've never looked back, and love being in the water. But nowadays, only warm tropical water will do!Re: Open Water Swimming.
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My friend pitched her baby into the swimming baths at around age 3 months, under her strict supervision, of course. He learned to swim from that early age.Re: Open Water Swimming.
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When we lived in Wales there was an open air swimming pool - the school used it during the summer but the public used it at weekends. One year just after my birthday Mum took us down there, I think I was about 13. I'd got some new Lime Green Stirrup pants for my birthday which I was wearing. We had to get changed in the changing rooms & then bring our clothes outside for somebody to look after.Re: Open Water Swimming.
I got pushed in the deep end of the pool, when I was young this put me off swimming. I did learn to swim but not till I was a lot older. But I do not like to swim unless my feet can touch the floor.
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