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

Pat Hanks recalls the differences in gender segregation at different bathing spots in Oxford.

Pat talks about swimming at an unauthorised spot at the new Donnington Bridge and her father's reaction to it.

Pat Hanks recalls getting to the bathing place at St Clements and taking a swimming test there.

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…

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

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

A quote from Iris Murdoch, reflecting on her experiences swimming in the Thames with her husband.

A photograph of Thelma Townsend and a friend outside changing cubicles at Dame's Delight bathing place.