It was rather ironic to hear on the radio this morning that access to swimming is being extended by offering free passes to the over 60s. This presupposes there is a pool to swim in. With the closure of local pools this looks like a pipe dream in Lewisham, especially in our area. I find it extremely depressing in a number of ways. We are likely to be stuck with an empty boarded up site for a long time which will blight that part of FH (and next to the newly refurbished library) and the possibility of a new pool in the near future appears to be receding. It is not at all surprising that we are all so cynical in thinking that the removal of the buildings is to remove all hope of any retention of this historic site because what else could be the purpose of demolition before any plans are in place? I was not reassured by the officer presentations at the FH meeting that we will see a pool, at least in the near future. Nothing was said that guaranteed that outcome, in my view. As someone who will reach the target age of 60 in 2012 (the target year for us all to be fit and sporty) I was struck by the contradiction between the national policy objective and our local situation and it has not started the day well!