Downstream

table with boxes of card
catalogues, on top of which is
a small brown stuffed mouse.
It appears to be watching me
as I start to look at maps,
archive newspapers, a leaflet
from the Court of Chancery,
and local history books.
The first public swimming
pool in Kingston was a
floating platform on Steven’s
Ait, to the south of the town.
It was officially opened in
1872, after the council