Downstream

bathing place. ‘A lady told
me the elderly lifeguard was a
friend at Long Bridges and he
used to pour a kettle of hot
water into the river to warm it
up for her!’ says Heather. ‘It
was a large bathing area, with
walled banks, changing
rooms and toilets. You can
still see the shape of a pool in
concrete.’ Tumbling Bay was
another favoured spot, a pool
between two weirs on a
backwater of the Thames,