This contribution in Westminster follows up on Ms Hoey's Daily Telegraph piece [LINK].

"The Secretary of State will know that all the research shows that good quality sports facilities and having sport in schools raises standards. Why, then, given the welcome building schools for the future programme, is a school such as Stockwell Park in the most deprived part of Lambeth, which currently has a good 25 m swimming pool, to be totally rebuilt minus its swimming pool? Surely that does not show that we mean what we say when we talk about joined-up thinking, bringing together and tackling obesity in our inner-city areas."

(Via Kate Hoey's Recent Appearances (TheyWorkForYou.com) Educational Standards | Oral Answers to Questions - Children, Schools and Families | Commons debates: .)

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Flickr pictures bring a world of abandoned pools to your desktop.

"I have an interest in photographing old swimming pools but unfortunately never get to see any. I never get to see any though. I would love to see some of the pools other people have photographed. I love these Chernobyl pics."

(Via Flickr: Abandoned swimming pools in Abandoned: .)

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