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Tea at Long Bridges
Pat Hanks recalls picnicking outside Long Bridges after school with her family.
From St Clements to Dame's Delight
Pat Hanks recalls the differences in gender segregation at different bathing spots in Oxford.
Safe swimming
Pat talks about swimming at an unauthorised spot at the new Donnington Bridge and her father's reaction to it.
Passing the 10-yard test at St Clements
Pat Hanks recalls getting to the bathing place at St Clements and taking a swimming test there.
Giving up rowing
Pat Hanks recalls sporting on the river and having to give up rowing due to sexism.
Signs protesting sewage pollution
Photographs of signs used at demonstrations against sewage pollution in the River Thames.
Protest in the river at Henley-on-Thames
A photograph of a protest wherein swimmers swam with fake excrement and a giant roll of fake toilet paper in the river to draw attention to Thames Water's sewage dumping practices.
Banner drop from a bridge in Henley-on-Thames
A photograph of a banner that was dropped from a bridge in Henley, as part of the demonstration against Thames Water's sewage dumping.
Fish and the slide
Pat Hanks recalls fish in the river at Tumbling Bay and Long Bridges and a slide into the shallow end.
Arriving at Long Bridges
Pat Hanks recalls the journey from Cowley Road to Long Bridges and the gender segregation rules that meant her siblings had to bathe separately.