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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.

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…

A map of 22 of Oxford's historic river bathing places along the River Thames and River Cherwell.

1. Wolvercote
2. Black Jack's Hole
3. Fiddler's Island
4. Port Meadow Stream
5. Tumbling Bay (aka "Tum")
6. The Sheepwash
7. Boney's Bridge
8.…