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Pat Hanks recalls the journey from Cowley Road to Long Bridges and the gender segregation rules that meant her siblings had to bathe separately.

Pat Hanks recalls how Long Bridges bathing place used to look.

Photographs of participants ideas for the future of Tumbling Bay, Long Bridges and Parson's Pleasure bathing places from the My Pool or Yours? workshop (held at the Museum of Oxford on 22nd July 2023 as part of the Dive In! exhibition programme).

Photographs of the participants of the My Pool or Yours? workshop viewing a presentation at the workshop and engaging in group discussion.

Hand-drawn plans of Parson's Pleasure, Long Bridges and Tumbling Bay river swimming spots, used as part of the My Pool or Yours? workshop held at the Museum of Oxford on 22nd July 2023. The plans are blank, ready to be annotated by participants of…

Looking at a photograph of herself and her peers, Jenny recalls the swimming costumes and swimming caps that they wore.

Jenny Holloway recalls how she and her brother found an alternative to river swimming during a polio scare.

Jenny Holloway recalls playing in a boggy ditch with friends as a child.

Andrew Brough recalls his father's and his own experiences river swimming and the changes to the riverside landscape at Donnington.