Oh I remember that pool so well, just the sight of the 'overflow' brings it all back. So many great days spent in there in the 1960s! Easily reccogonise the life guard at the back, 2nd from the right, he had put on a tad of weight by the 60s. I think he must have worked there for many years, and will be well remembered by many of my age group - "let's do a bomb when he turns his back"!

First thing that struck me when I looked at that photograph, was how healthy all those kids looked. 

A bit before my time, I was a "Shiverer" 1961-3, and my brother before me, can't see him though. I was in the "rosebuds" and we swam against other towns & clubs for the Shiverers. It was sort of a club within a club for the best swimmers. Still got a plaque I won and still swimming - although a bit slower now!

I was in the Shiverers for several years in the 1960s from the age of about 8 to maybe 15 - all that training, all those galas, and all those wonderful volunteer coaches most of whose names I now can't remember, though I do remember Mr Franklin and his sons Chris and Timmy. The badge I sewed on my tracksuit was just the same as the one the coach in this picture is wearing.

Ah, the Shiverers. Great times - both me and my sister (Kim) swam there from 1965-1971. My dad was a timekeeper in the galas, and my mum used to teach the little ones to swim. Yes, I too remember Mr Franklin and his sons (they had a newsagents, I believe, near Sackville Road). Also, George Ely used to train us. We used to have inter-club galas at regular intervals, with exciting coach rides to Southwark, Southwall and Bognor. Plus - for those in the teams, there was a weight-training room under the pool - complete with record player!

The woman in the white top at the rear has her hands on the shoulders of Keith Alexander, I believe. There was a white haired older man who taught swimming there, Mr. Woodman? The boy in bottom left corner could be Euan Tomkinson. I was also taught to swim here. Remember the Cork training boards. I used to go fishing with Pete Thursby around the Henfield area, late 1950s. His Dad ran a pub in Worthing near the Station. They lived at 181 Mile Oak Rd.

I think the above photo is around 1951-53 and not the mid 1950s as the faces I know would be about 8 or 9 years of age then.