River Swim 1930

Balham & Tooting Mercury, 12/09/1930 Twenty-six swimmers entered the South London Swimming Club's annual river swim at Walton-on-Thames. The race was won by Ken Sharpe in 22 minutes 35 secs. The report includes an account of the celebrations after the race. It appears that A F Brooks helped to finance the event.
Date of origination  ? 12/09/1930
Date of upload  ? 10/03/2019
Submitted by Janet Smith
Scope & content Newspaper cutting in album
Archive ref.  ? SLSC/5/1/1/6b
File format.  ? JPEG image
Tags 1930s, River Swim, William Laws, A F Brooks