Penang Swimming Club

© kayes, penangtalk.com. By permission.

Penang Swimming Club, Tanjong Bungah, was a favourite destination of many. It was a private swimming club patronized mainly by RAAF and RAF services personnel, and not open to casual swimmers.

At the club we used to enjoy after hours and weekend swimming, including training and competitive events. There were also picture (movie) nights and dances. The pool was situated over the beach and here we had a venue for more fun! We'd collect pippies, jump from the rocks into the water and fish. We could walk either way along the sand for miles - under the beautiful palms, collecting the lovely cowrie shells which were abundant in those days.

(Courtesy Jan Eyres) 1963 Photo taken from the viewing area.	1973 View from the Snake Hut	1969 The pool emptied for cleaning.	1969 Erecting the screen for movie night.
1968		(Courtesy Jo-Anne Rendle) 1969	© Kayes, penangtalk.com. By permission. View of old entrance from bottom of stairs.

Recent Photos

	1988 Shown left is the new entrance to the swimming club. Below left is the snake hut, used to be one of the shops. The club is Chinese-owned now and open to members only. Individual membership will cost you RM$60,000. To see the Penang Swimming Club official website, go here. http://www.penangswimclub.com/		1988 The photograph left is of the top of the stairs where we used to gain access to the pool. Remember the man who used to sit there checking our membership cards as we went in.
			2005 Pool Membership Book Photos to the left are of the old swimming pool membership book. We visited the pool during our reunion visit to Penang in 2005 and the staff very kindly admitted us to the office and retrieved the long-buried book with our names in. We were more than chuffed!