EVERY day I go down the town I see friends and they ask me what are you going to do when they close the pool?

The answer is I just don’t know.

Two years is a long time when you are 89 years of age.

I swim early in the morning and have some great friends down there.

They helped me through the loss of my wife 12 years ago and always greet me with a great smile.

We have a good social gathering five times a week.

I feel that this action will be detrimental to my health and to those of my friends as I am unable to travel to other facilities and feel that my life will be affected by this action.

Laurie Broadhurst, Westfield Court, Old Winton Road, Andover