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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.
A tour of Long Bridges
Pat Hanks recalls how Long Bridges bathing place used to look.
Swimming costumes and swimming caps
Looking at a photograph of herself and her peers, Jenny recalls the swimming costumes and swimming caps that they wore.
Polio and the 'pool' at North Hinksey
Jenny Holloway recalls how she and her brother found an alternative to river swimming during a polio scare.
'Our beach' in a ditch off Tilbury Lane
Jenny Holloway recalls playing in a boggy ditch with friends as a child.
Swimming at Long Bridges, Donnington and the Thames Backwater
Andrew Brough recalls his father's and his own experiences river swimming and the changes to the riverside landscape at Donnington.
Learning to swim at Temple Cowley
Andrew Brough recalls his dad teaching him how to swim at Temple Cowley.
'Baxter's Bomb'
Andrew Brough recalls how a friend found a Second World War mortar bomb in the River Thames.