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"If you are a pensioner and you want a free swim in London, choose a pool in Brent, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham and Westminster and it won't cost a penny. If you are over 60 and still can't swim and want to learn, instruction is also free in Westminster and Lambeth. But avoid going to Bromley - where it is £3 a time and £10.20 an hour for swimming instruction or Richmond on Thames where it is £3.50 a session.
Outside the capital pensioners can only swim free in the Wirral and Wigan in England but have a much better choice in Wales. Here pensioners are not charged in Blaenau Gwent, Conwy, Ynys Mon (Anglesey), Powys, Rhondda, and Torfaen. ..."
So the answer seems to be keep fit and enjoying swimming in Westminster but move to Nottinghamshire when you think you are about to die. Figures are all supplied by the Chartered Institute of Public Acountancy.
(Via From dips to deaths ... shop around to find the best council deals | Society | Society Guardian: .)
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"PLANS for a £10.6 million town centre swimming pool and health centre at the University of Bolton look to be dead in the water.
Leading councillors say university chiefs are dragging their heels in making a decision to commit to the projects and are now looking at four alternative sites with the Bolton Primary Care Trust (PCT).
The 25-metre eight-lane pool at the Deane Road campus was approved by Bolton Council last October and would have been shared with the university.
Bolton town centre has been without a pool since the Water Place closed in 2002 with yearly debts of £750,000"
(Via Swimming Pool Plan Dead In Water (from The Bolton News): .)
...more ---> ...| national news | 17 January 2008; 9:33:05 AM |# | | Discuss |
"A GROUP of 15 Budleigh Salterton dads recently pulled on their walking shoes and stepped out to raise funds for St Peter's Primary School swimming pool.
Andrew Cotton, of Granary Lane, organised the cliff top walk from Sidmouth to Budleigh in aid of the Warm Wish Swimming Pool fund - a legacy set up in memory of his mum, Pat Cotton, who died in 2002.
Mr Cotton, 36, and the 14 other dads' efforts raised more than £1,200 to help build new brick changing facilities"
(Via Exmouth Journal - Dads step out to fund swimming pool works: .)
...more ---> ...| national news | 17 January 2008; 9:28:31 AM |# | | Discuss |
"SWIMMERS in Ribble Valley are being advised that Ribblesdale Pool in Edisford Road, Clitheroe, closes on Sunday for 10 weeks.
The pool will re-open on Saturday, March 1st, following an overhaul of its heating system and wiring.
Vouchers for free induction and fitness room sessions at the nearby Roefield Leisure Centre are available at the pool until Sunday. "
(Via Swimming pool will be closed until March - Clitheroe Today: .)
...more ---> ...| national news | 20 December 2007; 12:10:59 PM |# | | Discuss |
"The future of a unique 19th century swimming pool could now lie in private hands.
A senior politician has decided that the Cleveland Baths in Hampton Row, which have not been in regular use since 1978, should be put on the open market.
A charitable trust had wanted to be given a lease to breathe new life into what are the oldest open-air public baths in Britain.
The facility, the only public Georgian swimming baths in the country, can trace its history back to the early 19th century and is owned by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
The Cleveland Pools Trust has been set up by local campaigners to bring the baths back into use, but if it wants the property it will now have to bid against other would-be buyers."
(Via The future of a unique 19th century swimming pool could now lie in private hands.: .)
...more ---> ...| national news | 17 December 2007; 9:21:42 PM |# | | Discuss |
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