tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post8046748431111827053..comments2023-08-17T21:16:22.761+10:00Comments on Life In A Pink Fibro: The Swimming Poolallison taithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762529258195877400noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-79329656854165364862012-02-26T22:44:42.529+11:002012-02-26T22:44:42.529+11:00You're so right - chocolate paddle pops.You're so right - chocolate paddle pops.knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-19416286415890045722011-11-22T21:38:10.798+11:002011-11-22T21:38:10.798+11:00Ah yes, I remember reading this and commenting, ha...Ah yes, I remember reading this and commenting, have photos of whizzing children and husband... next time I visit, will have a waterproof camera to film whizzing through the water slides. Thus we find out small pleasures.<br /><br />Sad to say that I am very similar to this pool in being old and leaking. Too much info!!seana smithhttp://www.seanasmith.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-65182312118691980962011-02-21T20:27:10.329+11:002011-02-21T20:27:10.329+11:00I loved going to the pool. So much fun to be had! ...I loved going to the pool. So much fun to be had! I remember Dad teaching me to swim (had a lazy left arm) in the shallow end while Mum supervised young TICH in the baby pool. Your green togs were tres stylish (definitely a white belt) - you would need a Brasilian to wear them these days! Our local pool has just been closed due to old age and leakage. We hope they are doing a 'reno' but they might be pulling a swifty. Has put a dampener on the swimming lessons at our place :(MultipleMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621170366257326241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-49965596958262762682011-02-21T19:50:11.789+11:002011-02-21T19:50:11.789+11:00I remember spending many happy summers at the Port...I remember spending many happy summers at the Port Pirie SA pool after it was built, then moving on to the beach at pool closing time each day. There were three pools, the big one, a kiddie pool with water up to our thighs and a baby wading pool, with water only up to our ankles. Sometimes my brother and me would ride our bikes to the Crystal Brook pool instead because theirs was deeper and had a diving board.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-24361984726978318862011-02-21T13:55:53.705+11:002011-02-21T13:55:53.705+11:00That post took me back to the Parkes Swimming Pool...That post took me back to the Parkes Swimming Pool. Everyone in the town could walk there. I spent most days of summer lying on the grass, covered in Reef Oil baking in the sun. I remember so many fun days had there. It is still there and from what I believe, still going strong. It would be sad day if they closed it down. I hope they don't close yours before your boys get to have the memories we had of our local pools.Annieb25https://www.blogger.com/profile/09574721273010056362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-38876505405729977762011-02-21T05:05:55.948+11:002011-02-21T05:05:55.948+11:00Ahh, Al. Between your pool and mine there are some...Ahh, Al. Between your pool and mine there are some seriously feel good pool memories.<br /><br />I am cranky and upset about our local pool - yet another chunk of green grass land has been carved off.<br /><br />As a child there were paddocks at one end for frisbee and footy. As a teen there was less. About 10 years ago, one of the paddocks was eaten up to acomodate a new library (to replace the perfectly good old library?). And now I see MORE cordoning off tape.<br /><br />I am on a climb to a high horse, I know, but these pools are civic facilities that are being robbed from our children.<br /><br />I feel like Meredith in Sea Change.<br /><br />I am so glad you and your boys had such a good time.<br /><br />xxDiminishing Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072304081006798910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-70385610546669081112011-02-20T23:04:08.938+11:002011-02-20T23:04:08.938+11:00How wonderful! I can't help picturing your poo...How wonderful! I can't help picturing your pool like the one in the Drumstick icecream commercial, where everyone bites the chocolatey plug at the bottom of the cone in unison.<br />I'm sure I am WAY OFF, but I like this thought ;o) <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqyiFtLnKkcAll For Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151973819133926868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-46361582172300363992011-02-20T23:02:54.755+11:002011-02-20T23:02:54.755+11:00When we go home to visit the folks we now take our...When we go home to visit the folks we now take our kiddies to the local pool. It reminds me of hanging out with my friends in my teenage years, many, many years ago. High cut swimmers were going on there too....YUK!!!BOB & MABELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244409268452820389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-57298433077870482262011-02-20T22:57:46.254+11:002011-02-20T22:57:46.254+11:00I remember the white belt... xI remember the white belt... xMaxabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761220164069379437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-76082327317407146322011-02-20T22:55:46.929+11:002011-02-20T22:55:46.929+11:00@Shauna - I know what you mean - the deep end used...@Shauna - I know what you mean - the deep end used to feel 12 metres deep...but it's not really. Sad.<br /><br />@Seana - you may well have been there by the sounds of things. Ageing waterslides and all!<br /><br />@therhythmmethod -I know what you mean about indoor pools. I don't like them. They make me think of plantar warts and fungus. Which is not exactly what you need to have in mind whilst swimming...allison taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762529258195877400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-62465204132743377502011-02-20T22:54:21.725+11:002011-02-20T22:54:21.725+11:00Sounds like you need to launch a 'Save our Poo...Sounds like you need to launch a 'Save our Pool' campaign :) Love that you are creating these same memories with your boys.Christie - Childhood 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/03273633554293833746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-11779048167102795282011-02-20T22:51:32.217+11:002011-02-20T22:51:32.217+11:00Thanks for the memories Al. I learnt to swim (rath...Thanks for the memories Al. I learnt to swim (rather well) at that swimming pool. Tony used to know how to get in for free (hole in the fence somewhere) and Ben and i would spend countless hours there during summer (who needs supervision). I remember being terrified of the sharks that I was sure would magically appear from the filters in the middle section and the paddle pops from the canteen. Also remember trudging home from the pool and once home, wishing we could go back.<br />I showed the kids the pool when we went back to see Nanna Val and i was surprised by how small it all looked. It used to be massive and somehow its shrunk :).Shaunanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-89319378981763516652011-02-20T22:47:37.568+11:002011-02-20T22:47:37.568+11:00The other day I was cleaning our bathroom and Boy ...The other day I was cleaning our bathroom and Boy 1 walked in and said "Mummy, it smells like swimming in here!". And that is why I prefer an outdoor pool. Indoor pools, while good for winter swimming, are smelly and a bit wrong.<br />Sad about Fibro Town's outdoor pool. Can they patch the leak with some builder's bog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-4811495722331623622011-02-20T22:43:12.596+11:002011-02-20T22:43:12.596+11:00Hello! I think my family may have enjoyed this ver...Hello! I think my family may have enjoyed this very pool recently... or one close by... fantastic slides anyway. As someone who did NOT spend a lot of time at outdoor pools as a youngster (thin on the ground in Bonnie Scotland), I adore Aussie pools, especially the older style, with lots of grass and space and a delightful dagginess.<br /><br />The family-friendly pool, well worth fighting for.Seana Smithnoreply@blogger.com