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On leaving the Leisure Centre public meeting Bill thought to ask the Corporation chap about free swim status and was told that was not part of the brief to the people managing the Leisure Centre. So no announcement just a quiet end to something the city told people they would keep.

Camden offers it, Islington retained it but the Corporation, Europe's wealthiest local authority has ended it without letting people know. Very disappointed for the older people who liked to swim every morning. A big lump of a pension to keep that up on top of energy cost increases etc.

Also very short-sighted as older people keeping fit and well saves money in the long run in terms of health and social care. Plus of course its not free as the over 60s, 70s  have paid a lifetime in taxes

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I absolutly agree that is underhand and and shortsighted of them. Is there a way we can protest or tell the press? Any activists out there?
How mean spirited, but then I'm not surprised!  Typical City of London
Oh no, that is terrible. Worth writing to the local papers about this perhaps?

Well the corporation need to generate more money in these hard times, and keep themselves in jobs, and who said the new management company was a charity, lol,  and how about the charges being levied for the storage sheds on the estate, these shed were designed for the use of residents due to limited space in flats, over £100 a year for a cupboard in the basement of hatfield house that is often flooded due to the high maintenance standards of the plumbing in the flats above, and in summer the smell would take your breath away due to the fact that members of the public use the entrances as open air toilets, I was told by a member of staff not to store anything valuable in these sheds as no comprehensible  record of who had or was given keys. I wonder what else they can come up with to extract more money from people.


You are spot on there Nathan! 
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Well the corporation need to generate more money in these hard times, and keep themselves in jobs, and who said the new management company was a charity, lol,  and how about the charges being levied for the storage sheds on the estate, these shed were designed for the use of residents due to limited space in flats, over £100 a year for a cupboard in the basement of hatfield house that is often flooded due to the high maintenance standards of the plumbing in the flats above, and in summer the smell would take your breath away due to the fact that members of the public use the entrances as open air toilets, I was told by a member of staff not to store anything valuable in these sheds as no comprehensible  record of who had or was given keys. I wonder what else they can come up with to extract more money from people.

i agree with everything you have said, my mother lives at petticoat square, another corporation of london estate close to liverpool street and is an oap, where they have lots of activities for oap's, coach trips , meals, even yearly summer holidays, I know one oap who lives on GLE, and speaking to her i was surprised how little is available  for her, i tried ringing about her entitlement to a  4 yearly decorating allowance for oap's which she has never had, she has lived here since the place was built and is now 87, spoke to the lady at the corporation who is responsible who was adamant that her list of oap's was a complete and accurate list of all the people entitled to it, and she was indifferent to fact that my friends name was not on her list i gave up after ten minutes going round in circles with her. the leisure centre used to do concessions for disabled and unemployed people, but i am sure this has been ditched as well, suppose its easy as these people are in the  minority and and usually ill equipped and have little representation to argue with the corporation.

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