The swimming pool at the Barbican, which was the only one that side of town to suitably serve paupers like you or I, closed down years ago after years of neglect. The council ignored the pleas of the townsfolk to reopen it and instead came up with a “[blah blah] choice [blah blah] community [blah]” in other words, let a bunch of capitalists get in there and steal one of the finest community facilities in York.

Today, walking past it on the way to the bus stop, I saw they were having a “find out about the future of the barbican” day. For the rest of the way into work I fantasised about organising a flashmob type event wherebay all day people would wander in and enthuse about how good it was to hear the pool was reopening.

I just went on the barbican website for info and it seems we are getting a pool after all! Yay! Well, half a pool. York only has one olympic-sized swimming pool. Which they’re talking about chopping in half.