changing    rooms   are missing
doors;  there   are rubbish bins
on  the side    and weeds   around
the edge.   Yet there   is
something   about   the scene
that    makes   me  think   of  a
stage   set,    as  if  it’s    just    crying
out to  be  revived,    longing to
be  filled  once    more    with
novice  schoolgirls learning    to
swim    and the sound   of
women’s laughter,   this    first
ever    pool    that    we  were    given
on  the River   Thames  in  1903.
                    
                      jeff_l
                      (Jeff_L)
                      
                    
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