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A nostalgic return for my sister and I.
I learned to swim here, I went to ducklings and dolphins. Got my bronze, silver and gold. Won every race in the cub's swimming gala. Smashed my poor chin open on the side (the blood stain was there for years). My dad used to swim here. No doubt my grandparents had a dip. My mum used to do the laundry here. I ate my first wagon wheel here. My son had swimming lessons here. We sat in the shallow end together the day after my Dad's funeral. My son swam with Mark Foster at the grand reopening,.
So, it was with great excitement that we returned. First impression: Grafton pool looked really small. Willes pool looked amazing. Changing rooms were great and the place didn't stink of piss any more. It was still cold.
Twenty five million big ones got spent on this place. It's very shiny, very spacious but has lost a lot of it's charm and elegance. The Grafton pool is too small and closes at 4pm on a Saturday, that's ageist. Under sixteens not allowed in the Willes Pool. That's really stupid. You got something against teenagers? That's wrong.
Given three out of five cos I was s bit disappointed. Gonna go back soon and swim a mile and see if I feel different about the place. It's my pool after all.
A nostalgic return for my sister and I.
I learned to swim here, I went to ducklings and dolphins. Got my bronze, silver and gold. Won every race in the cub's swimming gala. Smashed my poor chin open on the side (the blood stain was there for years). My dad used to swim here. No doubt my grandparents had a dip. My mum used to do the laundry here. I ate my first wagon wheel here. My son had swimming lessons here. We sat in the shallow end together the day after my Dad's funeral. My son swam with Mark Foster at the grand reopening,.
So, it was with great excitement that we returned. First impression: Grafton pool looked really small. Willes pool looked amazing. Changing rooms were great and the place didn't stink of piss any more. It was still cold.
Twenty five million big ones got spent on this place. It's very shiny, very spacious but has lost a lot of it's charm and elegance. The Grafton pool is too small and closes at 4pm on a Saturday, that's ageist. Under sixteens not allowed in the Willes Pool. That's really stupid. You got something against teenagers? That's wrong.Given three out of five cos I was s bit disappointed. Gonna go back soon and swim a mile and see if I feel different about the place. It's my pool after all.