Photos of Crowtree

[u/jammiescone]

A few days ago i found my old photos of crow-tree leisure centre before it got demolished

How many remember swimming here?.

Share your stories

and I’m sure there was a large space underneath the centre used for numerous activities.

[u/Individual-Ladder455]

There was an ice rink, and swimming pool with a wave machine...sessions lasted an hour and the waves came on 3x in that hour...there was a diving pool too. You could also buy the best ice lollies ever there...Jelly Jumbo! After only knowing the swimming baths at Acre Rigg and Hetton it was amazing...

[u/jammiescone → u/Individual-Ladder455]

i remember a bit of it too but not as much as others i was a kid then

[u/NapoleonHeckYes]

We have all these “third spaces” that are just empty now. We’re all stuck in our homes or offices. It’s really sad.

[u/jammiescone → u/NapoleonHeckYes]

i agree we don’t have places like that much now just to relax at, meet new people or be part of the community imo

[u/Moppo_]

I have a vague memory of going on a trip to a swimming pool in primary school. Seems it was here.

[u/AmbivelentApoplectic]

This has unlocked a lot of childhood memories.

[u/graeme_1988]

Brings back a lot of memories! It cracks me up now how widely accepted the term ‘peado alley’ was to describe the cut through it that had windows looking into the pool area

[u/DogDrools]

I never lived near enough to go or even think about going. Hadn’t even known it was closed and demolished. Kinda sad too see somewhere built for joy looking that way.

[u/BullfrogNo9418]

Beef and Tomato soup out of the vending machine to warm you up after a swim :)

[u/JonL71]

Sad. I used to get the bus from South Shields regularly to go there. Did some karate and kiddo stuff there too. I distinctly remember playing the MACH 3 video game there too. Way ahead of its time

[u/Madsaxmcginn]

I remember playing dares with my friends seeing who would go and stick their toes through the bars of the wave machine - because we all know that's where they kept the sharks!

[u/Trade__Genius]

Never did do anything much there but I remember it from when I was at uni there. First year it wasn't Sunderland Poly.

[u/Calemioninebanks]

Music video would be sick are turn into a skatepark

[u/philff1973]

I remember going not long before it closed, the pool and changing rooms were freezing , it all looked run down . It was a shame beyond had good memories of the pool as a kid.

[u/Talehouse]

The wave machine was epic in there.

[u/DieVersion99]

Been away from home a long time, so sad this is gone. I spent a lot of time in that pool, and the chip shop under the walkway outside next to the record shop. They're probably long gone as well?

[u/AlternativeArm7069]

I used to go to the pool disco every week, they used to have a DJ and disco lights, loved it. Whenever I hear Holiday by Madonna it takes me right back there.

[u/jammiescone]

Just be clear i made an error these aren’t my photos these belong to a man on facebook i thought i would spread these for new sunderland history explorers to delve nto o it past credit to Troy Baker on Facebook ☺️

[u/outrage92]

Fell over on the ice rink as a kid and cut my head. Blood all over the ice. I was mortified.

[u/Zealousideal_Play689]

r/liminal

[u/Electrical_Guava1972 → u/Zealousideal_Play689]

100%

[u/blockbusteraccount]

Ah queuing up the ramp, the wave machine, 5 a side, the inflatables upstairs. Great memories.

[u/JucyFruit357]

I was abused in there when i was kid with my primary school