The pool soap is busy with emotions in Deventer

Already from April it is there, the pool of three meters by five. All the children of the red village of Deventer benefit, but it will soon end. The bath, which is in the front gardens of two houses, must be removed. That's what the Rentree Housing Association wants, who is afraid of damaging the houses if something goes wrong with the bath. Local residents, however, refuse to take bath and solidarity like everyone else, skipping pools all over the neighborhood.

Move

Cool for the kids, that's the only thing the neighborhood had in mind when the bath was placed for the first time. Half on the sidewalk, half in the garden, nothing on the hand. Until the municipality arrives. The pool was not allowed on the sidewalk because of the responsibility of the municipality. Local residents found it annoying but eventually ended up in the municipality's arguments. The bath had to be moved on its own ground. Thousands of liters of water, moving, thousands of liters of water in, ready. The children could again take the mattresses out of the barn.

Or not? Because to move the bath to the front gardens of two houses a wall had to be demolished. And the Rentree housing association does not like that. In addition, Rentree is afraid that if something happens to the pool, liters of water will flow into the houses and cause damage. However, local residents had already thought about it. So, to move the pool, they built a structure through which water would flow down the street and not into the houses.

Keep an eye on each other

This is not enough for Rentree. They want the bath to be moved to a square in the neighborhood. But it's something that local residents absolutely do not want. Because you can not do what is happening now and it is that children are constantly being watched. Because that's how it works in the Red Village. It is a real working-class neighborhood where, during the summer months, everyone sits outside as much as possible and keeps an eye on one's business. ;other. There is a real contact between people, without the help of technical means.

And the pool is there for all the kids in the neighborhood. So also for children whose parents can not afford a swimming pool. And agreements have been concluded. Does not the child have a swimming diploma? Then, a parent must come. And when night falls, the stairs are removed and the pool is closed.

Solidarity

But now the bath must leave. A letter from Rentree states that this must be done by Friday, July 6th. There is no permission requested for the bath and in addition half of the district would be against. This is not true. Local residents do not think about removing the bath. The housing association can possibly come in and do that itself. The two sides always meet to discuss the issue.

The regional media learned the news. As a result, more people in the Red Village and other Deventer neighborhoods have declared their solidarity. The result is that pools are now appearing in all kinds of neighborhoods. In addition, everyone is calling to do the same. And one thing is certain, no inhabitant of Deventer plans to take baths.