Hyndburn Sports Centre

[Romps]

After visiting HSC with my little boy who attends swimming lessons I was physically sick from the absolutely disgusting stench in the female changing rooms. It smells like sewage and the level of hygiene in there is extremely poor. I have been told that the male changing rooms are spotless but have never been in.

I wonder, what did they actually do when they spent lots of money on the centre a few years ago, the only difference in the changing rooms I see is new lockers. The benches, toilets, showers & floor tiles are just as minging as they ever were. You are supposed to improve your health by attending a sports centre not put it as risk.

I have complained to the staff but it would seem that it's acceptable because its been like that for years!

Now I learn that the prices have just risen in April!!! Laughable!

So these Easter holidays I chose not to take advantage of the 'free swimming for children' at HSC and took mine to Waves and paid packet to swim in a packed pool with not much nicer facilities, though there was no smell & I actually managed to retain my stomach contents this time.

[flashy]

didnt they have a complaints form you could fill in Rhonda? i'd of shouted my mouth off till something was done about it

[mallard]

hello there i have read your letter that you have wrote would it not help if you report it to the councel or something because they have to pass them i think so give it a try

[flashy]

surely it would come under the health and safety regulations

[grego]

It was like that a couple of weeks ago when I took Ellie for her lesson, there was someone mopping at the time so I couldn't say anything it certainly smelt like a problem with the drains,but when I went last week it was clean, though it was 10am.

[WillowTheWhisp]

It sounds like it does contravene health and safety regulations. Surely they have those notices up on the wall somewhere I presume? It's a while since I was there but I'm sure I've seen them. Do they have a contact number on them for complaints?

[flashy]

see when i go swimming there i go through the sauna room so ive never known it be smelly, its a different part of the building

[mani]

the sport centre is really nice i have to say

but the changing rooms are a disgrace

i'm ur average bloke i dont mind the three second rule etc but even the gents i think twice about usign them.

there's just soemthing about them that make me feel very uncomfortable, where as when i was a member at the jjb gym i never thought twice as they were maintained to a very very high standard

[treacletart]

Originally Posted by mani

the sport centre is really nice i have to say

but the changing rooms are a disgrace

i'm ur average bloke i dont mind the three second rule etc but even the gents i think twice about usign them.

there's just soemthing about them that make me feel very uncomfortable, where as when i was a member at the jjb gym i never thought twice as they were maintained to a very very high standard

well its only the people who use them that make em a disgrace trouble is everybody will say ,it's not me,well who is it then,its somebody

[Neil]

Originally Posted by treacletart

well its only the people who use them that make em a disgrace

What a load of rubbish. If there is a problem with the drains how is that the users fault. If they are not cleaned very often that is also the users fault is it?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by mani

but the changing rooms are a disgrace

When they refurbed the chaining rooms they did not re-tile the floor. It is covered in the remains of rusty old screws that used to fasten the old changing room to the floor. It looks like they were just cut off and left in the floor to go rusty. Very shoddy work.

[treacletart]

Originally Posted by Neil

When they refurbed the chaining rooms they did not re-tile the floor. It is covered in the remains of rusty old screws that used to fasten the old changing room to the floor. It looks like they were just cut off and left in the floor to go rusty. Very shoddy work.

And you quiete and shy hahahahahaha

[grego]

Originally Posted by treacletart

well its only the people who use them that make em a disgrace trouble is everybody will say ,it's not me,well who is it then,its somebody

I disagree too, the drains need sorting and the floors should be cleaned every couple of hours at least. Went there on Wednesday for Ellies lesson and the smell wasn't as bad, the floor in the toilets was wet through though and loo roll in only one stall, these are jobs that wouldn't take long to do, so no real reason for this to happen.

[flashy]

when i where a lass they used to have attendants in the changing rooms who assisted you with anything you needed, you always saw them cleaning up, where did they dissapear to? yet another cutback in Hyndburn?

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by flashytart

when i where a lass they used to have attendants in the changing rooms who assisted you with anything you needed, you always saw them cleaning up, where did they dissapear to? yet another cutback in Hyndburn?

A couple of weeks ago my dad had his locker broken into at the sports centre.The theives took all his clothes out and dumped everything in the toilets,after removing his wallet and keys of course.Thankfully he did not have his credit cards in there as he learnt his lesson with that one last year when he got pick-pocketted in Tenerife.The locker did not appear to have been forced and my dad was sure he had locked it properly so the sports centre manager was up in arms panicking that someone had cracked the code to enter the lockers.People hanging about waiting to break into lockers....this is the kind of thing that would be less likely to happen with an attendant on duty.