RICHARD GRANGER

Every so often we’ll post interviews with PSM staff members, giving you the chance to get to know them a little better. In this article, we’ve spoken to Richard...

What do you do at Poolside Manor?

Swimming teacher and lifeguard

How long have you worked here for?

12 years

What are your hobbies/ interests outside the wonderful world of Poolside?

I’m a developing medium

What is your greatest personal achievement?

Swimming the English Channel in a relay team

Favourite Sports team?

I don’t follow any sports

Best album/ record you ever bought?

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon

Worst album?

A record by a band called the Pink Fairies. I can’t remember the title but it was most definitely terrible.

Most embarrassing moment?

A good few years ago I went to attend my grandma’s funeral in the Midlands. At the crematorium there were two services going on. I had sat down through a whole service before I realised I was at the wrong one. That was pretty embarrassing!

Final thoughts?

One of my predecessors fought in the Second World War. He was on board a ship involved in the sinking of the Bismarck Battleship in 1941.

Thank you Richard!