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Pat Hanks recalls picnicking outside Long Bridges after school with her family.

Pat Hanks recalls fish in the river at Tumbling Bay and Long Bridges and a slide into the shallow end.

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).

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…

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

A photograph of male gymnasts performing in a 'tower of strength' at Long Bridges bathing place.

A group photograph of bathers at Long Bridges bathing place.

A photograph of Kenneth and Gilbert Howes at Long Bridges bathing place.