100 yards was launched in November 2001 to supplement the newsletter sold to members. It was aimed at a readership beyond the lido and was used as a marketing tool. The first editor was Helen Oldfield.
The programme for the 4th Cold Water Swimming Championships held at the Lido on 24 January 2009.
After holding UK-wide Cold Water Swimming Championships in 2006 and 2007, the South London Swimming Club went one better in 2008 and played host to the World Cold Water Swimming Championships on 9 & 10 Februar...
The programme for the 2nd UK Cold Water Championships organised by the South London Swimming Club and held at the Lido on 24 March 2007.
Tooting Bathing Lake was opened by Alexander Glegg, the Mayor of Wandsworth, on Saturday 28 July 1906. Dignitaries from the London County Council (which owned the pool) were also present, as well as the Revere...
Alfred French was the first bathing attendant at the new pool. He is unlikely to have had the skills of a modern-day lifeguard. He was accorded the honour of being allowed to take the first official dive into ...
A rowing-boat is used to facilitate cleaning the pool during spring 2002. In the background the new entrance, designed by WM Martin of London, is still under construction ahead of its opening in May 2002. The ...
Wandsworth Borough News, 17/08/2005. Local artist Martin Ireland was artist-in-residence at the lido in August 2005, giving free painting lessons poolside.
A letter from South London Swimming Club member Sarah Giles making arrangements for the screening of a video about the Lido at Clapham Picture House on 20 October 1996. The video had been shot by a student for...
Minutes of the Leisure & Amenities Sub-Committee of Wandsworth Borough Council, 13/02/1996, outlining proposals for a joint Council/South London Swimming Club bid for Sports Lottery money to upgrade the facili...
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The outside of the original entrance which was sited at the southern (deep) end of the pool. The building included Ladies and Gents toilets which were accessible from the Common. In the 1930s a red-brick pump...