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Post by Staffsoatcake on Feb 7, 2024 15:25:14 GMT
Where you had to swim the length of the pool,dive down to get a black heavy rubber brick, then take it back to the other end of the pool?
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Post by stokeson on Feb 7, 2024 15:30:26 GMT
Yes you had to wear your pajamas to dive for the brick. One guy had a dressing gown on aswell .It didnt end well......
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Post by noustie on Feb 7, 2024 15:33:06 GMT
Where you had to swim the length of the pool,dive down to get a black heavy rubber brick, then take it back to the other end of the pool? I remember having to wear pajamas to do it too for one of the awards - when I mention it up here folk think I'm taking the piss. Was it a regional thing, an English thing, an age thing or was my school just weird? |
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Post by lagwafis on Feb 7, 2024 15:35:58 GMT
I remember sewing these things onto my trunks  |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Feb 7, 2024 15:36:34 GMT
Did it in the jubilee baths in castle. What a pisser getting into the pool with your jimjams on 😆 🤣
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 7, 2024 15:53:22 GMT
Was a kid at my school wore all 3 on his blazer and would just randomly ask people what level they were at
Oh is that all....yeah we get it , you've got gold
We were allowed to go to the baths on our own as an option on a Wednesday all afternoon and the cinema was basically filled with our class supposedly out swimming as was cheap on Wednesdays
, the rest went to the snooker hall.
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 7, 2024 16:04:21 GMT
For some fucking reason my mum gave me the most massive thick wool jumper to wear which must have weighed about 10kg when wet. Fucking traumatic trying to stay afloat in that thing, think she must have been trying to drown me
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Post by felonious on Feb 7, 2024 16:04:23 GMT
Where you had to swim the length of the pool,dive down to get a black heavy rubber brick, then take it back to the other end of the pool? Yes there were distances and challenges for which you achieved various coloured badges. I seem to remember getting orange and red  |
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Post by felonious on Feb 7, 2024 16:06:28 GMT
Do you still get a certificate for lasting an hour in a flotation tank?
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Post by Northy on Feb 7, 2024 16:10:25 GMT
We went to some very small baths in Congleton and then a couple of yeas after that to Newcastle, was it red and green for swimming a width and then swimming a length ?
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Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 7, 2024 16:14:31 GMT
Still got my Royal Navy Certificate of Service proudly displaying "PNST" in remark box. Passed Naval Swimming Test. You had to swim 100m fully clothed with sadistic PTIs hosing water at you. You then had to take off your outer overalls, tie knots in legs and arms and somehow make a crude float. If you failed naval swimming test 3 times that was you back to civvy street.
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Post by Northy on Feb 7, 2024 16:17:33 GMT
Still got my Royal Navy Certificate of Service proudly displaying "PNST" in remark box. Passed Naval Swimming Test. You had to swim 100m fully clothed with sadistic PTIs hosing water at you. You then had to take off your outer overalls, tie knots in legs and arms and somehow make a crude float. If you failed naval swimming test 3 times that was you back to civvy street. Yep, whipping them over your head to get some air into them, and then hope the velcro held to keep the air in. |
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Post by noustie on Feb 7, 2024 16:19:25 GMT
For some fucking reason my mum gave me the most massive thick wool jumper to wear which must have weighed about 10kg when wet. Fucking traumatic trying to stay afloat in that thing, think she must have been trying to drown me Think I'd have been eleven and I'd stopped wearing pajamas but there was no way my mum and dad were buying new ones just for me swim in so sent me in the last pair I had. Amazing how quick Thunder Cat PJs go from cool as fuck to thoroughly embarrassing especially when they're now too small and getting out of the pool with them skin tight lets everyone see the bump of your tiny pidge (due to the temperature of the water obviously)! |
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Post by cvillestokie on Feb 7, 2024 16:20:30 GMT
Where you had to swim the length of the pool,dive down to get a black heavy rubber brick, then take it back to the other end of the pool? It was a great life skill to learn. Not sure if they still do it but they absolutely should! |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Feb 7, 2024 16:26:49 GMT
Where you had to swim the length of the pool,dive down to get a black heavy rubber brick, then take it back to the other end of the pool? I remember having to wear pajamas to do it too for one of the awards - when I mention it up here folk think I'm taking the piss. Was it a regional thing, an English thing, an age thing or was my school just weird? Had to do that in the middle of winter at the primary school pool outdoors in grim January, throw the pyjamas into the equation and that was as close to a near death experience as you'll get. They were bastards in Bedfordshire. |
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Post by yeokel on Feb 7, 2024 17:02:43 GMT
Still got my Royal Navy Certificate of Service proudly displaying "PNST" in remark box. Passed Naval Swimming Test. You had to swim 100m fully clothed with sadistic PTIs hosing water at you. You then had to take off your outer overalls, tie knots in legs and arms and somehow make a crude float. If you failed naval swimming test 3 times that was you back to civvy street. I think we had to do something similar to that for our Duke of Edinburgh awards. (Not with the squaddies hosing us down though) |
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Post by milton58 on Feb 7, 2024 17:43:42 GMT
Did my length at Hanley baths....why did they put a big pole in front of you when you were doing it always put me off
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 7, 2024 18:00:00 GMT
I fucking hated swimming at school. Did the thing where you fetch a brick in your pyjamas.
My school had its own pool so there was no getting out of it. If you said you’d forgotten your trunks the teacher would throw you a pair of adult trunks and say something like “here wear Mohammed’s”.🤦🏻♂️
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Post by NassauDave on Feb 7, 2024 18:11:05 GMT
Yep. We used St. Dominic's pool Hartshill.
Blowing the p.j.s up to use as a flotation device was a ball ache.
Mine stank of wee for some reason.
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Post by xchpotter on Feb 7, 2024 18:52:03 GMT
Yeh remembered that when I was at Longton High. What was cool though was learning how you could make a bit of a flotation device with your jumper or trousers by tying the arms and legs together, putting the tied ends behind your neck and scooping air with the waist area of the jumper or trousers creating a bag of air to help buoyancy.
I later got a Bronze medallion lifesaving award through work which covered all of the rescue and diving stuff. To this day I maintain it is the hardest physical activity I’ve ever done; I wasn’t a strong swimmer but I made it and believe me….it is possible to sweat buckets under water.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 7, 2024 19:02:47 GMT
Yeh remembered that when I was at Longton High. What was cool though was learning how you could make a bit of a flotation device with your jumper or trousers by tying the arms and legs together, putting the tied ends behind your neck and scooping air with the waist area of the jumper or trousers creating a bag of air to help buoyancy. I later got a Bronze medallion lifesaving award through work which covered all of the rescue and diving stuff. To this day I maintain it is the hardest physical activity I’ve ever done; I wasn’t a strong swimmer but I made it and believe me….it is possible to sweat buckets under water. Did you have to suffer Westerby? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2024 19:50:22 GMT
We went to some very small baths in Congleton and then a couple of yeas after that to Newcastle, was it red and green for swimming a width and then swimming a length ? I did my width at Tunstall Baths as an 8 year old, remember it well. You're correct, the width was a red badge and then the length was green. The pyjamas wearing fetching a rubber brick was your proficiency test, then there were your silver and gold badges for longer distances. |
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Post by xchpotter on Feb 7, 2024 19:53:49 GMT
Yeh remembered that when I was at Longton High. What was cool though was learning how you could make a bit of a flotation device with your jumper or trousers by tying the arms and legs together, putting the tied ends behind your neck and scooping air with the waist area of the jumper or trousers creating a bag of air to help buoyancy. I later got a Bronze medallion lifesaving award through work which covered all of the rescue and diving stuff. To this day I maintain it is the hardest physical activity I’ve ever done; I wasn’t a strong swimmer but I made it and believe me….it is possible to sweat buckets under water. Did you have to suffer Westerby? I take it that was a teacher? I was rubbish with some teacher names but that does sound familiar if she was the swimming teacher? I didn’t really like swimming and preferred rugby and footie with Mr Shelby, Mr John and Mr McPherson. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 7, 2024 20:14:22 GMT
Did you have to suffer Westerby? I take it that was a teacher? I was rubbish with some teacher names but that does sound familiar if she was the swimming teacher? I didn’t really like swimming and preferred rugby and footie with Mr Shelby, Mr John and Mr McPherson. Mr MacPherson was fucking ace, I bumped into him the other week. Was in fine fettle. Yes Westerby was solely swimming, little short haired ginger lesbian😉 |
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Post by satoshi on Feb 7, 2024 20:18:17 GMT
Where you had to swim the length of the pool,dive down to get a black heavy rubber brick, then take it back to the other end of the pool? I remember having to wear pajamas to do it too for one of the awards - when I mention it up here folk think I'm taking the piss. Was it a regional thing, an English thing, an age thing or was my school just weird? Yes, we did this at cheadle baths on a satdee |
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Post by spiderpuss on Feb 7, 2024 20:31:55 GMT
What was it with the PJs. Every time I've been on a ferry since I've never had any with me?!
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Post by salopstick on Feb 7, 2024 20:35:25 GMT
And Coca Cola gym badges
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Post by scfcno1fan on Feb 7, 2024 21:23:27 GMT
Do they not do swimming certificates anymore?
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Post by xchpotter on Feb 7, 2024 21:33:25 GMT
I take it that was a teacher? I was rubbish with some teacher names but that does sound familiar if she was the swimming teacher? I didn’t really like swimming and preferred rugby and footie with Mr Shelby, Mr John and Mr McPherson. Mr MacPherson was fucking ace, I bumped into him the other week. Was in fine fettle. Yes Westerby was solely swimming, little short haired ginger lesbian😉 Ah yes, with the description that was her 😂😂 Good to hear Mr Macpherson is doing well. |
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Post by danceswithclams on Feb 7, 2024 21:42:50 GMT
My mate (who grew up in Chesterton) insists that the 'brick' that he had to fetch was a lump of this fair city's finest soap-block resin.
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