Downstream

children were given their own
area on the Cherwell, with the
opening of Dames’ Delight.
But bathers had to wear
costumes and pay an entrance
fee, and after it was swept
away in gales and floods in
1970 it was never repaired.
On the Thames there was
Port Meadow, an area of
ancient grazing land still used
by swimmers, and Long
Bridges, near Donnington
Bridge, once the university