Chun See of Good Morning Yesterday reflects on the closure of all the “old school” public swimming complexes – one case in point being the Jurong Town swimming complex.
As you can see from the photos, this pool has closed down. In recent years, many of the older public swimming pools that my generation used to go to when we were young have suffered the same fate. Two examples that bloggers have reminisced about are the Yan Kit and the River Valley pools. Nowadays, the only public pools that survive in Singapore are found in the densely-populated HDB heartlands like Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh.
So where have the swimming pools gone? Perhaps it’s a reflection of the changing demographics in Singapore. Read more in Good Morning Singapore.
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My favourite pool during the early eighties was Mount Emily Swimming Pool. The pool has a special admission session for a strict 2 hour period not like Farrer Park or River Valley.
I was staying at Wilkie Road so Mount Emily Park and Swimming Pool was like my personal playground. I do not think my four daughters can say this.
At the pool, my friend father was the life guard and we almost manage to get free entrance to the pool. Uncle Chia was the one who taught me swimming overcoming my asthma during my early childhood. We will always go to the lanes behind Rex theatre to buy goreng pisang and curry puffs where the life guards on the hill will reimburse us together with free admission.
Incidentally, Uncle Chia used to body build at Evergreen Bodybuilding Club where I stayed.
I only met up my Selegian friend, Shih Yen 2 years ago when I was driving pass Wilkie Road and Niven Road. He stayed at the Wilkie Terrace mansion. From him, I learned that his father is bedridden until now and he has married a Thai wife like myself. He has recently got a twins. Congratulations, three down and one more to go to beat me!
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 am
There are so many people building there own pools these days. That the past is only a memory.
Posted on September 26th, 2009 at 5:20 am
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