My dad wrote in the diary he kept while stationed at HMS Spurwing (Hastings, near Freetown, Sierra Leone):
Sunday 26th March 1944
"No transport so failed to go bathing to Lumley – first Sunday for some weeks now. Spent day reading month old newspapers."
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| Lumley Beach was a popular place for bathing. |
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| Lumley Beach |
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| The road to Lumley Beach |
There was an open air swimming pool at the naval air station (HMS Spurwing) at Hastings, near Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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| The swimming pool at HMS Spurwing. |
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| Sports Day at the swimming pool, HMS Spurwing. |
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| The swimming pool at HMS Spurwing. |
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| Swimming pool at HMS Spurwing. |
