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Geraldine Kelly from Dun Laoghaire, has loads of memories of the baths from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s.<\/h3>\n

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A Season Ticket<\/h2>\n

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By Geraldine Kelly<\/p>\n

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Each child in our family had a season ticket for the baths which provided unlimited entry.<\/p>\n

My father thought that the shouting from the bank in the group swim classes was not conducive to learning so he engaged a private teacher who used to pour a kettle of hot water at the pool steps before we got in \u2013 so we thought the water was warm!\u00a0 And we learnt to swim very fast.”<\/p>\n

Once we learnt, we used to be down there at 9am Monday \u2013 Friday for swim training with Louise Kennedy<\/a> – she taught\/trained a generation of DL children. Learnt all my strokes and bilateral breathing from her.<\/p>\n

Hanging out then til lunchtime \u2013 diving off the big board was a dare. Occasionally we used to cycle to Blackrock Baths for a change and the season ticket applied there also. Can you imagine a crowd of 10-20 kids heading off anywhere on bikes these days?<\/p>\n

Then back after tea three times a week for Otter SC races.<\/p>\n

The lifeguards were known as \u201ckeepers\u201d and they ruled with a rod of iron. Their threat was to \u201cbar\u201d us and then you\u2019d have to explain to your mother why you weren\u2019t going down to the baths. Barring lasted for about a week – I think the word comes from being \u2018barred\u2019 from a pub \u2013 and I imagine they had no authority to do it!<\/p>\n

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