The Real Town Pool!

[Michael Alexander]

Yep! I also learned to swim in that pool, I think it was MOira Lang that taught me..... vaguely remember having a red tube around my waist and being told to jump from the small board.....

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Moira Lang now there's a name,her husband was Peter. They devorced years ago, remember visiting her in Jo'burg back in 1980's.
Realy back in the day we'd go off to Cora's cafe and then lie on the rock garden they had where the new library now is. I remember a lady that worked at the pool then, she had this ridgeback that she'd send to the cafe with a basket in its mouth with a note and the money in it. Then come back with the items and the change. I think Mrs Uytenhoven had the cafe back then.
Attached the rockery I'm talking about. I have posted these pics somewhere else before.

[Bertie Horak]

Remember the WOODEN boards we had to hold in front of us to practice "kicking".  That part I really hated - would rather use arms without kicking!  How many of us learned to swim there....  Those were the days.

[Delia]

Yup Bertie - i remember those boards only too well...........

What we also used to love doing was to "climb" down the ladder at the deep end using our hands rung for rung and lie and hover on the bottom of the pool hanging on to the bottom rung - we used to see who could stay down their the longest.  It was actually quite difficult climbing down using your hands 'cos your body would want to naturally float to the top so your feet would fight to rise while you're climbing down with your hands.

[Bertie Horak]

Wonderful, wonderful memories!

While on the pool subject...  Maybe Shannon can tell me, do they still have the "tennis ball rush" at the inter-house swimming galas?
In the 70's at the end of the gala a whole drum full of red, green and blue tennis balls were emptied into the swimming pool, and the team who got their colour tennis balls out first won!?  Great fun.

[Michael Alexander]

QUICK QUIZ! SO HOW MANY RUNGS WAS IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP END OF THE POOL?

[Delia]

Ha ha Mike - now you're really testing the gray matter - um, i say 12 - not sure where that number came from but as they say, go with your first gut instinct.

Bertie - wow, i'd forgotten about the tennis ball rush but as soon as i read your post, it came flooding back.  Now that was cool fun - going after the GREENS!!!!

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

  I say 8 rungs??????

[Bertie Horak]

I say 9!

[DUNJA WRBKA]

I say 6

[Michael Alexander]

ANSWER: 8 Rungs.... It's only 5 today

[John Haycox]

Goodness, that picture brought back many memories. 

The first person to look after the pool was Mr Seagers, when he retired my mom looked after the pool for many years.  So, my siblings and I spent much time in or around that pool.  The only difference to the picture and the one in my mind, is the size of the trees, they were much smaller then.

[Fanie de Klerk]

I also learned how to swim in that pool and yes I can also remember the trees being much smaller. I can also remember watching the bigger kids diving from the big board, it looked so easy. Tried it, fell flat on my stomach on the water. Took the wind out of me.

[SandyB]

Tho  old lady with the ridgeback  was Auntie Murgie Robinson ..  and  yes  if  so correclty remembered  at that stage the Van Uytenhovens had the Cafe  then Cora ..

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

didn't Cora take the cafe  over from her mother