From nine years old to 90, and the "swimming Sixties" to the present day, it seems everyone raised on the banks of the River Foyle has a story tell about the City Baths. It stayed open right through the Troubles, providing a sanctuary from the rioting, gun battles and bombings. Carmel Gorman, a coach at City of Derry Swimming Club for more than half a century, shares her experience of finding a job ad that changed her life.
From nine years old to 90, and the "swimming Sixties" to the present day, it seems everyone raised on the banks of the River Foyle has a story tell about the City Baths . It stayed open right through the Troubles , providing a sanctuary from the rioting, gun battles and bombings. Carmel Gorman, a coach at City of Derry Swimming Club for more than half a century, said her life changed when she stumbled across an advertisement in the Swimming Times magazine in her native Dublin.
"I'd been to visit my grandmother and I thought on the way I would go into Eason's bookstore. I had a look around and saw the Swimming Times, which is a monthly magazine, and I bought a copy." Inside, she found a job ad for a school swimming instructor posted by the Londonderry Development Commission. "I got an interview, got the job and I've never looked back.
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