The winner of the Christmas Day race holds the Burton Cup. He is flanked, presumably, by the swimmers who came…
Frederick Judge executes a graceful swallow dive off the boards at Tooting Bathing Lake. It's thought this may have been…
Two divers execute a head-first dive in tandem possibly as part of a diving contest held in the early years…
Tooting & Balham Gazette, 06/10/1909 Presentation to the South London Swimming Club of the Dawnay Cup by the Mayor of…
The Sphere, 24/11/1917 On 8 July 1908 Leonard Horncastle won the South London Swimming Club's junior race over a distance…
The scrapbook contains mostly photographs, interspersed with some newspaper cuttings. The contents have been digitised and can be accessed by…
South London Swimming Club team photograph taken at the pool, October 1912. A number of trophies are on display in…
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Christmas Day race 1924 - the winner is Robert van Horten holding the Burton Trophy