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C is for Chlorine - the overwhelming smell in public swimming baths. Brings back the dread of going to Guildford Crescent baths in junior school. Changing in cubicles with tiny doors that were ineffective at giving privacy when you were little to start with. The water was always cold and shiver inducing. The instructor was a bully. Made us stand on the side of the pool to "dive" in and those who were scared to, were pushed.
I wore glasses and was as blind as a bat without them but they wouldn't let you wear them in the pool so, once I was in the water I didn't recognise anybody. The other kids would swim away leaving me floundering alone in the shallow end as I was scared to take my feet off the bottom unless I could hang onto the side of the pool.
Absolutely hated going to the baths and Chlorine brings it all back.................and I still can't swim very well!!
I wore glasses and was as blind as a bat without them but they wouldn't let you wear them in the pool so, once I was in the water I didn't recognise anybody. The other kids would swim away leaving me floundering alone in the shallow end as I was scared to take my feet off the bottom unless I could hang onto the side of the pool.
Absolutely hated going to the baths and Chlorine brings it all back.................and I still can't swim very well!!
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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