Outdoor swimming around Accrington.

kestrelx · 10-12-2010, 09:41

At this time of year, when it's freezing cold and all the ponds, lakes etc are frozen over. I am wondering if anyone remembers swimming in outdoor water areas in the Summer. I remember we used to swim in the quarry on the side of the Coppice above Huncoat. Many people did and we used to have these big pieces of polystyrene which used to lie on and swim with.

Anyone else recall this or swimming at other places round the area?

Kestrel X.

MargaretR · 10-12-2010, 09:46

The Kemp Delph - a water filled disused quarry at Knuzden was notorious for swimming deaths. It was extremely deep and the cold water caused cramps and tragedies.

JCB · 10-12-2010, 10:38

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The Kemp Delph - a water filled disused quarry at Knuzden was notorious for swimming deaths. It was extremely deep and the cold water caused cramps and tragedies.

If it's the same one , Margaret , I can remember going there once when I was about 8 .
My grandma's sister lived in one of those little cottages in Stanhill village , set back from the road , just before you get to what was the pickle factory .

It was a lovely sunny day , and she took us across the road , down a path where we came to this lodge . I can remember people diving from a high rocky ledge into the water .
It was great fun to watch .

jaysay · 10-12-2010, 10:44

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If it's the same one , Margaret , I can remember going there once when I was about 8 .
My grandma's sister lived in one of those little cottages in Stanhill village , set back from the road , just before you get to what was the pickle factory .

It was a lovely sunny day , and she took us across the road , down a path where we came to this lodge . I can remember people diving from a high rocky ledge into the water .
It was great fun to watch .

That's the one JCB but it was very dangerous, not sure but I seem to remember someone drowning in there

jaysay · 10-12-2010, 10:45

One of the favourite places to go swimming was Edisford Bridge in Clitheroe, seem to think it still is

JCB · 10-12-2010, 11:28

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That's the one JCB but it was very dangerous, not sure but I seem to remember someone drowning in there

It's one of those days that has really stuck in my mind , Jaysay .
Sorry it was a place of tragedy as well as fun .

jaysay · 10-12-2010, 11:55

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It's one of those days that has really stuck in my mind , Jaysay .
Sorry it was a place of tragedy as well as fun .

I'm not sure JCB but I think its been fenced of for years, when I was a kid families used to take picnics up there for a day out, but seem to remember it being outlawed

blazey · 10-12-2010, 12:35

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One of the favourite places to go swimming was Edisford Bridge in Clitheroe, seem to think it still is

I love this place and really want to introduce my boyfriend to it when the weather gets warm again.

Eric · 10-12-2010, 19:47

I remember Edisford Bridge

I also remember a swim in the cut ... fell off the Whalley Rd. bridge one late nite ... almost sobered me up ... I think I'd been drinking in the Load

... not recommended

We are fortunate here in having lots of places to swim ... Lake Ontario, of course ... but lots of smaller lakes in the area. Swimming is safe(ish), as long as one doesn't run into a large muskie ("Maashkinoozhe" for those of you who speak Ojibwa

) Ultimate place around here (and this is for those who may chance to visit): Sandbanks Provincial Park Sandbanks .... and the surrounding area is famous for its wine.

accyman · 16-12-2010, 14:55

up near gamblers caves theres a resivor we used to swim in but you had to keep an eye out for the lunartic farmer that liked to wave his shot gun around