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Originally Posted by Macca

Probably because he claimed Cheetah was there too, swinging off the diving board.

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In those days most Wiganners looked like Cheetah. It's got better since improved roads have brought 'fresh blood' into the area :)

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan;1337727[B[B

]]What's that thing at top? Looks like a stage![/B][/B] There were 2 baths in my hometown of Newport, Maindee and Stowhill, I didn;t realise at the time, but Maindee was quite a beautiful pool, I went there loads. It's now closed, along with stow hill (3 pools, 1 diving board!).

Maindee.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8fa01b49_z.jpg

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Yes it is. For part of the year they used to board over the pool and have ballroom dancing there. They did have a second, slightly smaller pool that stayed open all year. That Maindee pool looks great, shame they have to ruin these things in the name of 'progress' :(

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Yes it is. For part of the year they used to board over the pool and have ballroom dancing there. They did have a second, slightly smaller pool that stayed open all year. That Maindee pool looks great, shame they have to ruin these things in the name of 'progress' :(

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It closed about 20 years ago, don't know why peeps these days don't want to go swimming. I can;t imagine boarding over a pool these days and using it for other activities! I think sometimes we've got too much these days, and no community spirit left. Can you remember going to the cinema?

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

It closed about 20 years ago, don't know why peeps these days don't want to go swimming.

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'Cos they won't let you in the water carrying a smartphone! :)

our new pool..

https://www.barrandwray.com/Media/Im...arner-pool.jpg

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

'Cos they won't let you in the water carrying a smartphone! :)

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There's probably a swimming app, so kids can go for a dip without leaving their bedroom.

They don't like tall diving platforms and springboards these days, somebody might get hurt .

Diving or bombing off the canal bridge behind my local pub used to be popular on drunken summer nights. Not by me, I was always a bit wary of the dumped bicycle frames and supermarket trolleys hiding in the depths, not to mention the odd bobbing turd or dead rat.

old pool

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spent a lot of time in this pool.. big boards are gone tho i think..spring is still there in that pic

neolithic burial site in the hills here.. you get a great view of a chunk of central scotland from there. you can enter from a trap door but its pretty tight. if i got in(unlikely) i'd end up being a part of it.

https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/image...lls/jsonld.jpg