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Old 06-08-2024, 08:30   #3
kestrelx
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Re: Swimming in reservoirs?

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Originally Posted by landhusweg View Post
Hi Kestrelx,
I and many others used to go swimming in “Mitchels” reservoir in the early fifties, not sure of the name any more.
One game we used to play was holding a heavy brick and jumping in to see how far you could go down in the water.
Happy memories
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Hi Landusweg,
It's still called Mitchell's there are 2 reservoirs next to each other. The one I mention is on itself below Hambledon.

A lot of people used to use large blocks of polystyrene in the 70's to swim on, problem is they eventually broke into bits so not very good for the environment.
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