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‘Freezing cold water and Bovril afterwards’ - What you had to say about Newcastle

Road Baths.

Anne Langley: Lots of fun loved it Saturday swim

Barry Trump: Used to do school swim lessons from Ryhope Grammar School, the water was always Baltic!!!

Bill Walton: Those orange bar sweets which pulled out many a filling. The wire baskets that had to put on the benches otherwise your clothes got wet.

Gary Crighton: learned to swim there, loved the place. Space Invaders on the way out then Crozier St Fishy

John Semple: I learned to swim there taught my two sons to swlm there as well. Walked from Fulwell juniors once a week for swimming lesson. Myself and all my mates went every Saturday morning happy days

Maureen Summers: I mostly went to high street , but still spent many happy hours at Newcastle Road

Elaine Swan: Did my scuba diving training in this pool before open water diving.

Great memories of my childhood too. Swimming with friends.

Rachel Harding: Open changing rooms, cold water, packet beef XL crisp, yogi bar and a bovril.. happy days

Maureen Dagg: Used to go on a lunchtime with work colleagues. Don't remember it being cold.

Paul Pemberton: Loved it, couldnt beat splashing your mates with the chlorine on the way up to the pool

Susan Hayton: This was every weekend when my kids were young. At least it woke you up lol x

Gareth Taylor: The best days these. A hot chocolate and a tracker afterwards absolutely lifting of chlorine and eyes burning

Chris McKeen: Many great memories, freezing cold changing rooms getting wrong for bombing and hammering green beret in the reception after .