DarrenW
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 08:52 PM |
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Take kids swimming
I pay for private lessons at local leisure centre. Just joined their gm so get free swimming. Kids also have a card for free swimming courtesy of
local council. As a resuly ive taken kids swimming several times on a Sunday morning for the sum total of nowt. Anyone else get the same?
Its amazing how fast their swimming is improving as a result. I cant keep up with my 7 yr old
Seeing my 4 years old swimming under water without arm bands today was quite an event.
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JoelP
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 08:55 PM |
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we take oscar to the council place since we cancelled our gym memberships. He went first at 4 weeks and now goes to classes - it'll will be a
while til he gets arm bands, never mind til he's swimming without them!
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nick205
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 08:55 PM |
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Got the council swiiming cards for my 3 kids so just pay for me/SWMBO - good weekend time filler and as you say great to watch them progress with
it.
Not sure how long the free swimming thing will last once the government start in earnest on their money saving measures though 
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 09:01 PM |
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how do we get these free swimming cards ??? could help save a few quid if we only have to pay for two adult tickets
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DarrenW
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 09:02 PM |
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Its free swimming till 18 then from 65 isnt it????? Must rip off the posters for proof in case they try and stop it 
Like all things - take advantage while you can. Kids even get free dinners around here and they are good quality too.
When we all go swimming it only costs for my wife. And i can even go for a sauna, steam room and jacuzzi pamper hour for nowt.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 09:11 PM |
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It's been crap since kids started going free, my local's filled with kids running around and screaming with no parents in sight now
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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iank
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| posted on 4/10/09 at 09:54 PM |
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Some areas are doing the <18 >65 for free deals some aren't. Gateshead are Northumberland aren't for example.
My eight year old is now really really good after lessons. He treats every length as a gold medal opportunity and goes flying down the pool faster
than I have ever or will ever go. Can even do 30m of butterfly which is insanely hard.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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stevebubs
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| posted on 5/10/09 at 12:23 AM |
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http://www.britishgas.co.uk/swimming
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/10/09 at 08:43 AM |
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When I was a kid my dad ran the Scottish scuba diving club so not surprisingly I was swimming very early on. I mind crawling along the bottom of the
swimming pool with the scuba gear on as I was too small to actually swim with it as it was too heavy for me It’s quite amazing how many adults
can’t swim.
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MK9R
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| posted on 5/10/09 at 08:55 AM |
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I drop the kids off at the pool at least twice a day 
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nick205
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| posted on 5/10/09 at 09:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andybarbet
how do we get these free swimming cards ??? could help save a few quid if we only have to pay for two adult tickets
Ask at your local council owned/operated pool. You'll have to fill in a form and IIRC show a birth certificate for each child.
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