When I was between 8 and 15 I used to walk across town to the public pool where I’d have a ball with a hundred other kids. The massive pool was filled from a nearby creek and was frigid the first couple of days until the sun heated it up a bit. The water was changed every two weeks. There was a diving tower with water 12 feet deep at the deep end also two giant slides, one 15 feet high the other 25 feet high. There were very few parents there but there was a lifeguard. Never had a child die in the 50-plus years it was operating before it was deemed to be “too dangerous” and was filled with dirt and made into a lawn.
When I was between 8 and 15 I used to walk across town to the public pool where I’d have a ball with a hundred other kids. The massive pool was filled from a nearby creek and was frigid the first couple of days until the sun heated it up a bit. The water was changed every two weeks. There was a diving tower with water 12 feet deep at the deep end also two giant slides, one 15 feet high the other 25 feet high. There were very few parents there but there was a lifeguard. Never had a child die in the 50-plus years it was operating before it was deemed to be “too dangerous” and was filled with dirt and made into a lawn.