'Swimmobiles' began during the Heckscher administration, quite literally taking pools to the streets to underserved areas In 1966, a pilot program under the Lindsay administration created portable pools.
The schemes, sometimes known as NHS top-up plans, are a form of low cost insurance policy to help meet the cost of a range of non-urgent healthcare procedures and appointments - not just at the dentist but also at the optician and for osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropody and a visit to a chiropractor.
The family later moved to New York and started the first lead pencil factory in the United States. A 1987 merger resulted in the formation of Faber-Castell Faber Park and Pool is situated on what was once the north shore home of the Faber family who began a lead pencil manufacturing company in Stein, Germany, in 1761.
"It was pretty cool," Ross said. "It was worth getting up early for.