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Post by tinkerbell on Apr 21, 2012 23:44:46 GMT 1
Anyone out there ever have a knitted swimming costume!I did ;D my gran made it for me -orange with yellow stripes.it got very heavy when wet-awful!Used to go to the Baths with the school once a week from age 8yrs which was great.Think mine was the most colourful cossie  |
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Post by Ali on Apr 23, 2012 14:20:35 GMT 1
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Post by <-Rinky-Dink-> on Apr 23, 2012 21:18:43 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2012 21:34:26 GMT 1
Knitted cossies were brill,when they got wet they got heavier and heavier,eventually falling down and leaving your poor little wet bod exposed! Fantastic! |
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Post by tinkerbell on Apr 23, 2012 22:04:05 GMT 1
NO !! You must be kidding, surely it would stretch and bits pop out? Was only 8,Ali,so nothing to pop out ;D Mum, made me a ruched one next,Rinky,and hated that clingy feeling when wet  Glad you know about that sagging sensation BC |
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Apr 24, 2012 7:53:27 GMT 1
Not sure, but I remember knitted trousers. Hated them with a vengeance and felt like a plonker. Mind you, I didn't like the party dresses which grandma bought me for Xmas either.  Obviously I should have been wearing jeans and wellies!  |
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Post by Elkay on Apr 24, 2012 9:24:32 GMT 1
My very first cossie was ruched cotton, but my DAD had knitted swimming shorts. I always remember him saying - don't hold me by the shorts, they will fall off! I couldn't see the problem as I was only about 4 or 5 (had the ruched cotton cossie from aged about 3 to about 7 - it started off blue and green on a white background but was very faded the summer Mum declared that I had grown out of it!) )
As far as I was concerned if the water was deep or scary grabbing whatever bit of Dad I could catch hold of was fair game!! My Mum was as I am now with regard to swimming, she'd stay in the shallows with Dad and myself for a while then she'd swim off into the distance and leave Dad and me to play.
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Post by Ali on Apr 24, 2012 23:32:24 GMT 1
Well I think you were all jolly lucky. Not only did you have swimmies but also did swimming.
Still can't beleive anyone ever wore anything kitted for swimming in !!!
My pet hate from school swimming days, coz thats all I got, was the rubber swimming caps that we were forced to wear. Fearsome implements that pulled your hair outa your roots both on and off !!
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Post by tinkerbell on Apr 25, 2012 22:21:46 GMT 1
Oh my,Ali,forgotten about the caps ;D Used to have a band under the chin which left a red mark.Looked as if someone had tried to strangle you.Lasted for hours |
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Obviously I should have been wearing jeans and wellies! 
