MEMORIES FROM TINA HUGHES I can remember when the children of Freshwater only had the swimming pool at All Saints School to use. There were other pools in the area at local holiday camps but these were restricted to use by their visitors only. It was mooted by some local people that we, the residents […]
Jan 28, 2014 | Categories: The People | Tags: First Lady, Freshwater, Isle, Isle of wight, Jean Ainsworth, Mayor, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley, Shirley Miles, South Wight, SPLASH, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Tina Hughes, Trevor Collins, west, west wight, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on Memories from Tina Hughes
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
MEMORIES FROM BARBARA RICHARDSON Attempts to avoid the ‘jumble sale’ tag Each Christmas and Easter during the fundraising frenzy, we tried to make our ‘Fairs’ stand out from the myriad of others taking place around the same time – not easy when they were basically exactly the same as all the others. I think our […]
Jan 20, 2014 | Categories: The People | Tags: barbara richardson, butcher, christmas, Clare Griffin, easter, eggstravaganza, fairytale, Freshwater, fundraising, goose, Island, Isle, lamb, little red riding hood, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, SPLASH, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, victorian, west, west wight, Wight | Comments Off on Memories from Barbara Richardson
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
Trevor Collins – 2005 BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Unsung Hero My family joined the WWS club in 1975 as we felt that our sons should learn to swim in a properly structured environment with ASA teachers. From the moment we joined as with all other members we were made welcome to be […]
Nov 29, 2012 | Categories: The People | Tags: 2005, county press, Freshwater, hero, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Pool, Ron Smith, special needs, Sports Personality of the Year, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Trevor Collins, Unsung hero, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on Trevor Collins – BBC Sports Personality of the Year
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 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