I Remember Those Days in the 1940s, 50s and 60s<\/span><\/h1>[vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]Paul Kane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” tablet_sm_columns_vertical_gap=”default”][vc_column content_width=”40″ horizontal_content_position=”center” column_custom_position=”yes” position_top=”minus-6x” tablet_sm_width=”hide” mobile_width=”hide”]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/otter-768x1130.jpg\")
<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nI remember those days in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. My late sister Betty was a prominent member of the Otter Swimming club based at Dun Laoghaire Baths. Her friends from what I can remember were Rory O\u2019Sullivan, Mervyn McIntyre, Edna Cruise and-she later married Mervyn. I used to hang out at the baths with Val Demery, Norman Wood and Toby Farrrel. Val Demery was a great diver and mixed with the likes of Eddie Heron who was Ireland\u2019s Champion High Board diver.<\/p>\n
We all used to use Teddy\u2019s those days which is now famous for its Ice cream. The original owner, Teddy was a great friend to the Otter swimmers and us hangers on. The Baths was then run by the Hill family and I was a particular friend of Carmel, Mr. Hill\u2019s younger daughter, but that\u2019s another story. The Baths and Teddy\u2019 Cafe were a particular type of place teenagers of that era hung out in.<\/p>\n
My sister Betty later emigrated to Australia with her husband Mervyn and continued with her swimming to a high standard. I left Ireland in the late 1950s and visited Betty and Mervyn a couple of times with my partner Suzanne Oliver. I regret to say Betty passed away and was swimming to the end my other sister M\u00e1ir\u00e9ad who knew a lot of the Dun Laoghaire gang also went to Australia and is still living there. I am now 85 and still remember those fairly innocent times spent at Dun Laoghaire Baths and Teddy\u2019s Cafe.<\/p>\n
Further to my reminisces about Dun Laoghaire, some people talk about Life Guards present in the Baths. They were not there in my day. The only person who was there in my memory was a guy called \u2018Christie\u2019 who ruled his area with a rod of iron and any misbehaving from any of us was immediately clamped down. I remember one of Val Demery\u2019s tricks was to climb up to the highest point and dive into the Pool. Christie used to go mad and haul Val out of the Pool and give him a dressing down. On reflection he was quite right as it was quite dangerous.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”5x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”3x”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ text_align=”center”]Paul Kane, age 85<\/span><\/h3>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column mobile_width=”hide”]<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row height_ratio=”60″ padding_top_multiplier=”2x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” rc_heading_color=”light” rc_bg_type=”color” rc_font_color=”#ffffff” rc_bg_color=”#83cec9″][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ text_align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1623006876893{padding-top: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]Paul Kane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” tablet_sm_columns_vertical_gap=”default”][vc_column content_width=”40″ horizontal_content_position=”center” column_custom_position=”yes” position_top=”minus-6x” tablet_sm_width=”hide” mobile_width=”hide”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] I remember those days in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. My late sister Betty was a prominent member of the Otter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7095,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092\/revisions\/7095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nI remember those days in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. My late sister Betty was a prominent member of the Otter Swimming club based at Dun Laoghaire Baths. Her friends from what I can remember were Rory O\u2019Sullivan, Mervyn McIntyre, Edna Cruise and-she later married Mervyn. I used to hang out at the baths with Val Demery, Norman Wood and Toby Farrrel. Val Demery was a great diver and mixed with the likes of Eddie Heron who was Ireland\u2019s Champion High Board diver.<\/p>\n
We all used to use Teddy\u2019s those days which is now famous for its Ice cream. The original owner, Teddy was a great friend to the Otter swimmers and us hangers on. The Baths was then run by the Hill family and I was a particular friend of Carmel, Mr. Hill\u2019s younger daughter, but that\u2019s another story. The Baths and Teddy\u2019 Cafe were a particular type of place teenagers of that era hung out in.<\/p>\n
My sister Betty later emigrated to Australia with her husband Mervyn and continued with her swimming to a high standard. I left Ireland in the late 1950s and visited Betty and Mervyn a couple of times with my partner Suzanne Oliver. I regret to say Betty passed away and was swimming to the end my other sister M\u00e1ir\u00e9ad who knew a lot of the Dun Laoghaire gang also went to Australia and is still living there. I am now 85 and still remember those fairly innocent times spent at Dun Laoghaire Baths and Teddy\u2019s Cafe.<\/p>\n
Further to my reminisces about Dun Laoghaire, some people talk about Life Guards present in the Baths. They were not there in my day. The only person who was there in my memory was a guy called \u2018Christie\u2019 who ruled his area with a rod of iron and any misbehaving from any of us was immediately clamped down. I remember one of Val Demery\u2019s tricks was to climb up to the highest point and dive into the Pool. Christie used to go mad and haul Val out of the Pool and give him a dressing down. On reflection he was quite right as it was quite dangerous.<\/p>\n
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Paul Kane, age 85<\/span><\/h3>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column mobile_width=”hide”]<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row height_ratio=”60″ padding_top_multiplier=”2x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” rc_heading_color=”light” rc_bg_type=”color” rc_font_color=”#ffffff” rc_bg_color=”#83cec9″][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ text_align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1623006876893{padding-top: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]Paul Kane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” tablet_sm_columns_vertical_gap=”default”][vc_column content_width=”40″ horizontal_content_position=”center” column_custom_position=”yes” position_top=”minus-6x” tablet_sm_width=”hide” mobile_width=”hide”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] I remember those days in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. My late sister Betty was a prominent member of the Otter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7095,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092\/revisions\/7095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
[vc_row height_ratio=”60″ padding_top_multiplier=”2x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” rc_heading_color=”light” rc_bg_type=”color” rc_font_color=”#ffffff” rc_bg_color=”#83cec9″][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ text_align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1623006876893{padding-top: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text text_style=”leader-text”]Paul Kane[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” tablet_sm_columns_vertical_gap=”default”][vc_column content_width=”40″ horizontal_content_position=”center” column_custom_position=”yes” position_top=”minus-6x” tablet_sm_width=”hide” mobile_width=”hide”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=””][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] I remember those days in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. My late sister Betty was a prominent member of the Otter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7095,"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7092\/revisions\/7095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebaths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}