Comments on: Slippery SW9 Slope

By: Bye Bye Brockwell | onionbagblog

Bye Bye Brockwell | onionbagblog — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:53:10 +0000

[...] And so fifteen summers of outdoor swimming in South London came to a close for me early on Sunday morning as I bid an emotional farewell to @BrockwellLido. A final creak of the iconic turnstiles, and I exited the cool waters of Lake Brockwell for probably the last time. I didn’t get this tearful after buggering off from Brixton Rec. [...]

By: Still Searching for “Free Swimming…” | onionbagblog

Still Searching for “Free Swimming…” | onionbagblog — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:47:54 +0000

[...] capital to make such a proposition happen. The only collective spirit you’ll find at Brixton Rec is the continued moaning over the state of the changing rooms, the queues at reception or the over [...]

By: Brixton Redskins – Blimey | onionbagblog

Brixton Redskins – Blimey | onionbagblog — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:09:45 +0000

[...] Road makes ‘strategic sense’ [urgh] in being next door to Brixton Rec. Don’t rule out the bonkers idea of changing facilities for skaters and hockey players being [...]

By: #lambethcoop Partnership | onionbagblog

#lambethcoop Partnership | onionbagblog — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:18:42 +0000

[...] always find it confusing seeing people out of context. Straight outta, um, Brixton Rec showers, and down the Stockwell Road to the Community Resource Centre; I almost didn’t [...]

By: @BrockwellLido Break-in | onionbagblog

@BrockwellLido Break-in | onionbagblog — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:21:47 +0000

[...] nod / shake game over, I mounted the Moulton and pondered yet another morning of misery down at Brixton Rec. Back in SW9 and the morning swim lived up to the low expectations I had placed upon [...]

By: No Such Thing as a Free Swim | onionbagblog

No Such Thing as a Free Swim | onionbagblog — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:10:36 +0000

[...] was returned to power, has anyone actually managed a free swim at any of the borough swimming pools Brixton Rec [...]

By: Chemical World | onionbagblog

Chemical World | onionbagblog — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:51:13 +0000

[...] so for the second morning running, it was a return to my love / hate relationship with Brixton Rec. Sterile, suffocated, and yep, heavy on [...]

By: Causality and Council Crap | onionbagblog

Causality and Council Crap | onionbagblog — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:36:22 +0000

[...] that if I vote for her on May 6th (Oval, not East Hampshire,) then I will get free swimming at Brixton Rec come Friday morning. This is the implication of the twaddle that has been landing through the [...]

By: Leisure World | onionbagblog

Leisure World | onionbagblog — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:58:32 +0000

[...] closed, Clap’ham closed and Brixton barely open since January. I note that the manifesto pledge of: “free swimming for every resident” is now no [...]

By: Brixton Rec – Blimey! | onionbagblog

Brixton Rec – Blimey! | onionbagblog — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:13:03 +0000

[...] morning at Brixton Rec on Thursday, all set for another endurance of slip, sliding away in the shoebox of a temporary changing room, and whaddya [...]