old school

Yes!
When I found out I could, I jumped at the chance! I think it was my first skinny dipping ever!

• 6 years ago

No in the UK the indoors swimming pool was quite strict with teachers . But now school would be careful with that !

• 6 years ago

In the 50's my UK school didn't have nude swimming but there was plenty of nudity in the open plan changing area and showers.

• 6 years ago

We swam nude in Junior high school (7th and 8th grade). Then I went to a high school that didn't have a pool. I joke that those swimming classes trained me for future skinny dipping later in life.

• 6 years ago

Our school used the local leisure centre for swimming lessons so swimwear was compulsory but the games master insisted on showers following PE sessions, they were the usual open gang showers. They were my first experience of nudity with others apart from very close mates. Every time I see the film 'Kes' it brings back memories.

• 6 years ago

Until I was an adult, I had no idea that guys swam nude in pools, although in that era ( 1960s) I suppose they were doing it at the YMCA. My junior and senior high schools didn't have pools But we showered nude daily from 7th grade to 12th after PE, so I was accustomed to being nude with other boys for that activity. Somewhere I had discovered the joy of skinny-dipping though, probably alone at a lake, and loved the feeling.

I went to grad school in 1975 and learned that just the previous year the U had discontinued nude swimming in the pools at the "men's" and "women's" gyms. I felt very betrayed :-). The U had 3 other huge gyms with pools, nobody was forced to use gender segregated facilities. I don't know of any pool facilities outside of established nude venues that still allow nude swimming.

• 6 years ago

Our schools didn't have a pool but I swam nude at the YMCA several times a week. My first year in college, men swam nude but then the university built a large new pool facility and swim suits were required. This was in the 50s-60s.

• 6 years ago

The local YMCA had nude swimming. Even swimming lessons were conducted nude. I remember I had two teachers, one remained nude like the rest of us and the other wore a very small speedo type suit. I moved out of the area in the early 70s and was disappointed to find that the "Y" in my new town did not have nude swimming. I was told they did in the 50s and 60s but because of some mothers objections the practice stoped in the late 60s. I really miss those days. There was a lot more socializing in the locker rooms back then. Now everyone showers in their underwear (which I will never understand) and never makes eye contact let alone speak. My old "Y" also had a mens health club for members only. It had a sauna, hot tub, steam room and a lounge area with a TV. I was only in there a few times but I remember thinking how nice it was that the whole area was nude. Men sitting watching TV and being social in a nude setting. Imagine that in a health club today. I'm sure someone would have a real issue over that and get it changed very quickly. Socially I don't think we are moving forward at all.

• 6 years ago

My old "Y" also had a mens health club for members only. It had a sauna, hot tub, steam room and a lounge area with a TV. I was only in there a few times but I remember thinking how nice it was that the whole area was nude. Men sitting watching TV and being social in a nude setting. Imagine that in a health club today. I'm sure someone would have a real issue over that and get it changed very quickly. Socially I don't think we are moving forward at all.

Actually, one of the Y's in my area still has such an area for adult men only, and a separate locker room for kids. It's wonderful. About half the guys use it nude, others wear suits. I know one of the board members, who told me they considered a remodel that would eliminate it but enough men supported it that it survived. Yes, the exception, but nice to know it still exists.

• 6 years ago

By the time I got to high school they didnt swim nude anymore but we showered nude

• 6 years ago