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We, my two boys & myself went swimming at the re-opened pool at Crystal Palace 10.30-12.00pm. One other Dad & daughter there in the small shallow side pool, the water was perfect, sun flooded in & lit the pool up in some areas. It was quite magical. The building has a certain eastern european feel architecturally & I'm quite taken with it's skeletal interior.


Very quite, very pleasant.





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..the water was perfect, sun flooded in & lit the pool up in some areas. It was quite magical. The building has a certain eastern european feel architecturally & I'm quite taken with it's skeletal interior. Very quite, very pleasant.


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2 kids , 1 adult peak time (whatever that means, there was a total of 5 of us in the pool) ?6.00



Earlier in the week ?5.25



It is fair to say this venture is not run solely by business people, the times are erratic so call & check it doesn't clash with a swimming gala.





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daizie Wrote:

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> Woof, does the Crystal Palace Centre still have

> the 3 main pools, and the Training pool ? Their

> website is most unhelpful not to mention the div

> who answers the phone. The childrens/shallow one,

> the lane pool and the diving pool ?



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Yes Dazzers


There are three pools and one downstairs at Crystal palace , though you could also include the three Lakes as part of Foxies feral swim-club experience, though Weils may taint the outdoor waters somewhat.


http://www.ratfanclub.org/fever.html


You are right they do seem to stream the "challenges" for interface with the general public & the web site is shite.

Also they have a penchant for the pull out webbing type temporary barrier, a desk clerk indicates for you to walk around a pointless barrier in an orderly fashion, then as you arrive at the requested destination they seem to engage in conversations with others for a time.

They make a face as to be listening, you say all or part of your request, they then to send you to another colleague only for you to repeat the previous request " Swimming, is it open ?" again. Drawing a blank face the first guy steps in and says exactly what you said in the first place to his colleague .


"How many persons for to swim please?"


There stands me & two young children.


"Two children 1 adult"


"How many persons is under five or five years"


"One"


"No matter I make charge for both under five"


In a perverse way I like this random but officious east european manner, I can also appreciate what driving Skodas & ladas for all those years might do to your sense of humour.





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