Title
A tour of Long Bridges
Description
Pat Hanks recalls how Long Bridges bathing place used to look.
Transcription
Pat: When you first got in there – you couldn’t take a bike in you had to leave a bike outside and lock it up. When you first went in there, on your left, was a little hut, and it had outside it, you know, the um…
Person: The rules and regulations?
Pat: No, no, the rescue…
Person: Ah, lifesavers.
Pat: Just in case you needed it. But inside there, or roundabout there, was the lady, the supervisor.
Well, when you were young, on the right-hand side was a long building, and along the front of it, it had a brick, sort of, um, well I suppose waist-high, and then above it was a canvas, went all the way along. And then there was a benched seat at the back all the way along – I would say it was about as long as from there to there, the whole thing was. It had hooks all the way along for clothing, and a little bench underneath. Well, the under 10s went in there.
And then there were bathing huts the rest of the way, but you were only allowed in there as an adult or you know an adult girl, or something, you could only go in those. So, if you were a child you went in the others. But that was girls only.
And then there was a shallow end near where the, you know, the superintendent was, and there was steps into it, the shallow end. And then halfway along was a bridge that went from one side to the other, and you could walk over it. But the deep side was the other end, and then that had steps, you know, either side into it. Well, it did on the shallow end, it had either side.
But it wasn’t paddling, the shallow – it was a little bit too deep for a paddler. You know, when you were very small, you went in and you had rubber ring. They didn’t have arm things or anything, just a rubber ring.
Person: The rules and regulations?
Pat: No, no, the rescue…
Person: Ah, lifesavers.
Pat: Just in case you needed it. But inside there, or roundabout there, was the lady, the supervisor.
Well, when you were young, on the right-hand side was a long building, and along the front of it, it had a brick, sort of, um, well I suppose waist-high, and then above it was a canvas, went all the way along. And then there was a benched seat at the back all the way along – I would say it was about as long as from there to there, the whole thing was. It had hooks all the way along for clothing, and a little bench underneath. Well, the under 10s went in there.
And then there were bathing huts the rest of the way, but you were only allowed in there as an adult or you know an adult girl, or something, you could only go in those. So, if you were a child you went in the others. But that was girls only.
And then there was a shallow end near where the, you know, the superintendent was, and there was steps into it, the shallow end. And then halfway along was a bridge that went from one side to the other, and you could walk over it. But the deep side was the other end, and then that had steps, you know, either side into it. Well, it did on the shallow end, it had either side.
But it wasn’t paddling, the shallow – it was a little bit too deep for a paddler. You know, when you were very small, you went in and you had rubber ring. They didn’t have arm things or anything, just a rubber ring.
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