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| Bury St Edmunds leisure centre's water flume bought by family for back garden | Bury St Edmunds leisure centre's water flume bought by family for back garden |
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| A family has bought a leisure centre's old 150ft (40m) water flume for £50 and installed it in their garden. | |
| Abbeycroft Leisure was replacing the feature at its public pool and sports complex in Bury St Edmunds. | |
| It was sold to the Betts family, who live in Stonham Aspal near Stowmarket. | It was sold to the Betts family, who live in Stonham Aspal near Stowmarket. |
| Rachel Betts said: "We'll use it as a slide, with sacks to make it a bit more slippery, and in the summer we can maybe use a paddling pool and pump to get some water running through." | Rachel Betts said: "We'll use it as a slide, with sacks to make it a bit more slippery, and in the summer we can maybe use a paddling pool and pump to get some water running through." |
| The plastic tube used to snake down the outside of Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre on Beetons Way, until it was removed in the summer. | The plastic tube used to snake down the outside of Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre on Beetons Way, until it was removed in the summer. |
| Ms Betts said only a few sections have been put together in the garden so far, but her young son Oscar "loves it". | Ms Betts said only a few sections have been put together in the garden so far, but her young son Oscar "loves it". |
| "We're not sure how just yet, but we want to install a ladder and make it higher. | "We're not sure how just yet, but we want to install a ladder and make it higher. |
| "It was definitely £50 well spent." | "It was definitely £50 well spent." |
| Abbeycroft said it was still in the process of getting a new water flume installed at the leisure centre. | Abbeycroft said it was still in the process of getting a new water flume installed at the leisure centre. |