Revisiting My Childhood

[weird al wankovitch]

Slices.. Chester slices they were called.. or if you were smart you ordered the bits around the edges..a big fuck off bag of them ye got for tempince.

[The Liffey Lip]

You're older than you think.

[Shallowhal]

You're older than you think.

Keeps tellin me he's 30 or something stupid like that.

[Rat Catcher]

Might bring the kids down

You'd be mad not to, practically a private pool on your doorstep. If we had one in the beautiful seaside resort town of Balbriggan or elsewhere in Fingal I'd be there three or four times a week. The sea is getting too cold for my aging bones... even at the height of this year's Indian summer.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Might bring the kids down

You'd be mad not to, practically a private pool on your doorstep. If we had one in the beautiful seaside resort town of Balbriggan or elsewhere in Fingal I'd be there three or four times a week. The sea is getting too cold for my aging bones... even at the height of this year's Indian summer.

Sept/October best for sea temp. Heats up slowly over the summer.

[Rat Catcher]

Jaysus, flashbacks to my childhood of swimming in that piss filled pool gulping down gallons of the water in my attempts to swim then onto Mannings bakery in the SC for chester cakes 

I guess that's closer to what I was expecting. The few times I was there as a boy it was hive of activity, packed with snotty nosed kids many of whom obviously there for a well overdue wash. Hard to rely on one visit as conclusive evidence but I guess the working classes are too busy working these days to bring (or bother sending) their kids to the "baths" or, perhaps more likely, are all members of private clubs with Gyms and Pools. I'm planning to go again next week, probably Tues or Wed evening and starting work from there - it happens to be on my cruising route so convenient enough in that respect.

[Rat Catcher]

Sept/October best for sea temp. Heats up slowly over the summer.

Worth bearing in mind. Over the years I've only ever gone in "beach weather" and only then if the water is rated excellent.

[silverbullet]

MSC home to the Veruccas. 

[Shallowhal]

Tara St baths was were i learned how to struggle with confidence...in the deep end courtesy of my brother!!

[Rat Catcher]

Struggle - that kinda sums up how my actual swim went. I thought I'd have no bother clocking up ten or twelve lengths but I was outta breath after one or two. Yet another wake up call. I didn't have (or notice) the same struggle during the occasional swims I've had in the sea or in pools on holidays over the past few years, maybe it was the pressure of being the sole focus of the obligatory lifeguard! When the kids were younger (and we had a local pool in Gormanstown) I was obviously a lot fitter,. As I said to Mrs Catcher, I wouldn't have to "let" the kids win a race now!

[Belker]

Tara St baths was were i learned how to struggle with confidence...in the deep end courtesy of my brother!!

In Cork fer me it was the Eglantine street baths which is now Angelsea street Garda station, we would be sent off with Ten pence, Four pence fer the bus in and Four pence out fer over Ten year olds and Two pence entry in to the baths.
But fer Under Ten years olds the bus fare was just Two pence, so the trick was to convince the conductor that you were under 10 or else 'Jack' the fare completely and then ya could get a bag of Tayto's in the corner shop on your way home.

[Rat Catcher]

Went back for a swim on my way to work last evening. Got there around 19:08 and once again had the entire pool to myself. But there's a catch! This is the last week of the summer schedule and with clubs/schools returning next week public hours will be significantly curtailed. Can't find the Autumn schedule online, probably not published yet... but it looks like I might have to find another pool if I'm going to continue with my plan to have a swim once a week, all part of my quest to get fit/lose weight.

[dalymount]

CRC is not bad

[Rat Catcher]

Thanks, reasonably priced anyway. Closes a bit early (7pm most nights) but I guess I could have an early dinner one day a week. Being part of the Remedial clinic seems apt!

[watty]

You wouldn't believe me if you saw me now but a looooong time ago, I got a full-time job as a lifeguard in a swimming pool in a regional town close to Dublin.  It was a public service/civil service job 'n all.

Anyways, when the travellers visited the town on their summer travels, they used to pay to come into the swimming pool.  Not for swimming.  They used to bring in their clothes and wash themselves and their clothes in the showers! 

I never really liked public swimming pools because, well, the public use them...