5 June 1963 Swimmers, full-time sun worshippers and a few lesser novelists spend their days at one of the three swimming ponds on the Heath
There are three swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath. With true British compromise they consist of a men’s pond (free), a women’s pond (free), and a mixed pond (nine pence per person). The mixed pond is by far the most interesting. A sign at the entrance warns: “Only strong swimmers allowed.” The pond is about twelve feet deep in most places, and not for beginners. It arouses strong reactions.
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