Leisure centres in Cardiff opened in 1982 in Llanrumney, serving south eastern areas of the city. Facilities include a 25m x 12m swimming pool, 6 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 5 squash courts, fitness suite, outdoor tarmac 5-a-side pitch, activity area, community suite, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, trampolining and gymnastics, cafeteria and vending machines, and a lounge bar. Cardiff Council is planning to develop the site of the leisure centre to include a new secondary school for the area. The centre is served by Cardiff Bus services 49 and 50. Eastern Leisure Centre is currently closed for refurbishment. It is
A Gentleman of Leisure encounters Molly McEachern, with whom he was romantically linked (at least by Spike) while in New York. Molly is the daughter of John McEachern, formerly a corrupt New York police officer, now prominent in English society and married to Spennie's mother. The broad outline of the plot then continues as in "A Gentleman of Leisure," though the tone is substantially different: in "The Gem Collector", Jimmy "had" been a jewel thief; in "A Gentleman of Leisure" he merely pretends to be one. Wealthy Jimmy Pitt falls for a girl on the boat back from England. In New York he finds