When I Learnt How To Swim As A Kid We Were Given Certificates,

2 lengths of the pool 50 yard certificate, 4 lengths 100 yard, etc, but not any more, in Dagenham, Essex, lengths have been banned! regular users of the Dagenham Swimming Pool in Essex say the rules are a clear indication that Britain is gripped by 'health and safety insanity', a local resident Mr Bradford said: 'A lot of elderly people swim lengths of the pool to maintain their stamina and health and young people swim lengths to become better swimmers' Mr Bradford said he was told by the pool manager that they would need to have an extra lifeguard on duty if people were swimming lengths, as it was more difficult to keep an eye on them and there was not enough funding to pay for one, so not only is it a health and safety issue it is a failure of the council to proved a extra life guard on the grounds of cost, don't you just love these caring councils that put cost before the safety of their constituents? a council spokesperson denied the rumour that due to health and safety rules the pool was being emptied in case some one drowned.