Jan 04, 2016 | Categories: The Pool | Comments Off on Our first snorkelling lessons in 1989
AUCTIONS SPLASH held yearly auctions at the Memorial Hall and our first auctioneer was the late Steve Ross MP, who was a very valued supporter of our very ambitious project of building an indoor heated swimming pool here in the West Wight. These auctions were run very professionally with viewing during the morning, catalogues already […]
Jan 20, 2014 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: 1970's, auction, barbara richardson, Bill Miles, charity, charity shop, fred Joiner, Freshwater, Isle, Isle of wight, John Howe, Madge Joiner, Mark Young, Pool, Robert Young, Ron Smith, Sarah Richardson, Sheila Young, Shirley Miles, SPLASH, Stan Crowder, Sten Ross MP, Steve Ross, Steven Ross, Steven Ross MP, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Swiss Cottage, west, west wight, West Wight Swimming Pool, White Elephant, Wight | Comments Off on Auctions for West Wight Swimming Pool
The fundraising efforts of turned to the selling of slaves for a day to raise money for the West Wight Swimming Pool. Slaves dressed in togas, beads etc sold for a days labour.
Jan 20, 2014 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Freshwater, fundraising, Island, Isle, Pool, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, west wight, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Slave for a day
After 18 months of fund raising, work on the new West Wight Swimming pool was officially started on Saturday 23rd April 1977. Mr Ron Smith , chairman of both the West Wight swimming Club and the Pool trust fund, dug the first piece of soil on the site in Freshwater near the west Wight middle […]
Mar 13, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Admiral of the fleet, county press, Earl Mountbatten, Freshwater, Governor, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, lord mountbatten, lordPatron lord Louis mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Opening Ceremony, Patron, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Pool work started at Ceremony
CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE Of all our fund raising activities, Champagne Charlie deserves a section all to itself. We have often said that the West Wight Swimming Pool was built on hot dogs and Pomagne – let me elaborate. I have already covered the fame of our hot dogs, but Pomagne was totally different. Pomagne was a […]
Mar 13, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: barbara richardson, Champagne charlie, constabulary, county show, football, Freshwater, hot dog, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, police, Pomagne, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, sparkling wine, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Champagne Charlie
Being the only indoor heated pool on the Island and being the only swimming club here we always aimed high and to this end we arranged for David Wilkie and his coaching team to visit us for a coaching weekend. He is pictured here with Dawn and Shirley, both West Wight Swimming Club Coaches. […]
Feb 28, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: backstroke, breastroke, Christchurch, Commonwealth Games, competition, David Wilkie, Dawn, Dawn Johnson, Edinburgh, freestyle, Freshwater, gaggles, Games, Gold, Helen Pitman, individual medley, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Medal, Miami, Montreal, New Zealand, Nicola Miles, Olympian, Olympic, Olympic Games, Pool, Shirley Miles, Silver, Swam, Swim, swim cap, swimmer, swimming, swimming aids, swimming cap, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, world record | Comments Off on David Wilkie
HOIST FOR MAIN POOL We desperately needed a hoist for those who could not use the steps to get into the pool. It was to cost more money than we could not afford. 1981 was designated the Year of the Disabled and luckily for us a lot of local organisations decided to hold events in […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Disabled, Freshwater, Hoist, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Pool, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Hoist for Main Pool
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING OF THE FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON 18 MARCH 1976 AT 7.30 P.M. IN THE MEMORIAL HALL FRESHWATER DEVELOPMENT OF LAND ADJACENT TO WEST WIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL The Chairman (Captain J Riddet) explained that the reason for including this item on the Agenda was partly because […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Minutes of Parish Council meeting 18/3/76
THE BLACK HUT There was a black hut on the green opposite All Saints School which had been previously used by the Freshwater Scout Group. The owner, Mr Ninnis, who ran and owned the local ‘proper’ sweet shop (now the village bakery) with his wife and daughter, Betty, very kindly allowed us to use the […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Betty Ninnis, Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Mr Ninnis, Pool, SPLASH, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, The Black Hut, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on The Black Hut
Bernadette and Keith Pinkard started the Kingfishers swimming group, which was a swimming session for young people with special needs, quite a number of the young people coming over from Haylands Farm. The Special Olympics was held on the Island in 1986/1987 and the swimming events held at the Westridge Pool, Ryde. Our young people […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, kingfishers, Pool, Shirley Miles, special needs, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on The Kingfishers’ Swimming Group
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF WEST WIGHT SWIMMING POOL – 14 JULY 1978 BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, GOVERNOR AND LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT Although the pool was nowhere near completed we had to go ahead with the opening ceremony. Luckily the weather was kind to us […]
Nov 19, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Admiral of the fleet, Barry Trophy, Clare Griffin, Earl Mountbatten, Freshwater, Governor, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Opening Ceremony, Pool, Ron Smith, Sally Pitman, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on The Opening Ceremony of West Wight Swimming Pool by Earl Mountbatten
