17-11-2019, 09:56 AM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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This is bad practice and can produce a fear of water for life....
17-11-2019, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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That happened to me also, Dongles. I never have learned to swim!
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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This is bad practice and can produce a fear of water for life....
Originally Posted by Tiffany
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And me, I never learned to swim either.
Luckily, I have always liked swimming and achieved my bronze, silver, gold and life saving awards for which I received sew on badges, which my Mum fixed to my budgie smugglers.
I still wear them with pride when on holiday.
17-11-2019, 12:23 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Agreed. But hardly any stinging eyes due to the fresh air mitigating the chlorine. No need for goggles back then. Also remember there being a roller mangle on poolside to get the worse of the water out of one's trunks.
We had a cold shower at the side of the pool, if you stood under it for a minute or two it made the pool seem like a warm bath....
Interesting about the chlorine Dex, it has caused me some problems when I swim in a heated indoor pool these days, but it never did in those days....
17-11-2019, 12:30 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Interesting about the chlorine Dex, it has caused me some problems when I swim in a heated indoor pool these days, but it never did in those days....
Did a couple of similar sessions in an indoor pool and felt like I had large pieces of grit in my eyes for a couple of hours afterward.
17-11-2019, 12:34 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Oh so I wasn't the only one shoved in. It must have been common practice at that time. Imagine that happening now, the school would be sued and I would have long lasting mental issues.Luckily, I have always liked swimming and achieved my bronze, silver, gold and life saving awards for which I received sew on badges, which my Mum fixed to my budgie smugglers.
I still wear them with pride when on holiday.
To get your badges did you have to save a drowning brick from the bottom of the pool in your pyjamas?
If I had been in bed and the brick got into difficulty, I would have let it drown......
Serves it right for thinking it could float...
17-11-2019, 12:36 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Same here. Used to go swimming to an outdoor pool pretty much every day for a couple of months during the summer months, and did the front crawl with my eyes open for about 30-40 minutes. Never an issue.Did a couple of similar sessions in an indoor pool and felt like I had large pieces of grit in my eyes for a couple of hours afterward.
17-11-2019, 12:38 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Button
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Coal fires that had to be lit each day using newspaper spills to start them and sheets of newspaper across the front of the fire grate to pull the air up and feed the flames. Many times it caught fire!
17-11-2019, 01:21 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Yes Dex, if I don't wear goggles my eyes puff up like I've been smoking the weed all night....
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