Free swimming for all by 2012??
06-06-2008, 09:50
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Free swimming for all by 2012??
Sounds like a great idea especially since it cost £17 for my wife and 2 kids to go swimming just last week !!!!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle4076337.ece
Now all the people need is some swimming pools.........
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06-06-2008, 10:08
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
Isn't it only for the elderly and the young?
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06-06-2008, 10:11
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
The article states:
"Charges at 1,600 municipal pools are to be scrapped – initially for 20 million over-60s and under-16s.
But Gordon Brown and Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary, will pledge that by Olympic year in 2012 swimming will be free for everyone at pools run by local authorities."
Of course it may not happen quite like that....
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06-06-2008, 10:12
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy
Isn't it only for the elderly and the young?
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It says initialy the elderly and young with everyone being offered free swimming by 2012.
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06-06-2008, 10:48
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
Since our pools are just being privatised, do they still count as 'run by the local authority'?
I can see a lot of pools being closed for 'urgent structural reasons' just before this comes in.
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06-06-2008, 11:47
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
The pools around here are run by private companies but still subsidised and supported by the local councils
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06-06-2008, 13:04
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
Ours are run by a charitable trust supported by the local council.
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06-06-2008, 20:17
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
Perhaps they're hoping an increasing number of pensioners will drown, thus saving on pension and health costs..
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06-06-2008, 20:46
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
Well it sounds like a good idea. If you do wish to excercise in other ways its also free of charge. Just open your front door and put one foot in front of the other in succesion. This is known as walking. If you do it quickly its called jogging or running. Also you can cycle free of charge~!
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06-06-2008, 20:59
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
But apparently wit comes with a price tag........... 
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06-06-2008, 21:29
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
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Originally Posted by Vlad_Dracul
Well it sounds like a good idea. If you do wish to excercise in other ways its also free of charge. Just open your front door and put one foot in front of the other in succesion. This is known as walking. If you do it quickly its called jogging or running. Also you can cycle free of charge~!
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Spot on
Swam in the sea for the first time in the other day, man, clear water, amazing stuff to swim in. A Bit frightening though, i couldn't see the bottom where i was swimming still, and there were a few Jellyfish around... I'm actually a very weak swimmer, but still, i managed about 60m or so.
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06-06-2008, 21:33
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy
Isn't it only for the elderly and the young?
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And English? If so that's not fair.
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06-06-2008, 22:05
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
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And English? If so that's not fair.
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what would your 'prescription' be for us England dwellers, Russ ?
perhaps you could call it 'taking the waters' - but you do know what really makes your eyes sting, don't you 
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06-06-2008, 22:06
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
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what would your 'prescription' be for us England dwellers, Russ ? |
I was only joking
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06-06-2008, 22:12
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Re: Free swimming for all by 2012??
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And English? If so that's not fair.
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Why should we get coal dust in our pools? 
Your only jealous, your pools are empty because they have leeks
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