MY SWIM STORY
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Swimming for me, like many others, started while at primary school at the local swimming pool. I took to it easily and loved being in the water. A couple of years later I completed my ‘Bronze Survival Badge’ and swam for the school on the odd occasion with all the gusto that a youngster gives to sport. This was spurred on by my dad, who turned heads when in the pool as he had a lower leg amputation, which was an injury from his service in WWII. While seeing a disabled swimmer is commonplace in 2016, in the 70s less so.