Downstream

mixed bathing had been
introduced and diving boards
installed, but the baths, like
those at Reading, appear to
have become derelict by the
end of the war when they
were full of rubbish. ‘Indoor
pools were built around the
area, at Slough and
Maidenhead,’ explains Leslie
Sturgess. ‘Our club had a
hundred-year lease on the
island but we were forced to
close the clubhouse because