Free swimming for young and old

Former_MSE_Rose

This thread is to discuss the following news story:

Free swimming for young and old

butler_helen

I don't mind this scheme if the children are only able to swim at certain times.

It irritates me when I've paid £3.50 to swim amongst lots of teenagers who don't respect the lanes or my personal space. The noise on some occasions when there has been free U16 swimming has been shocking- so bad I've asked for a refund and left.

I'd love to know whether the councils see a drop in paying swimmers at any point in their timetables- e.g. after 3pm or on weekends.

(Having just checked the link, only the Oxford pools I use are affected- so Oxford city council will be losing my custom unless it's an adult only night)

Jack's_mummy

In Kirklees it's only for certain sessions I believe. The lane swimming sessions are just for adults still

tessie_bear

nuneaton has opted out...cant afford it according to the local rag

looby75

in County Durham its for any standard session and for under 18's (not 16's much to dd's relief as she turned 16 last week and thought she was going to miss out on the freebie, brought her up in true MSE style ) and over 60's