Christmas morning line up for the race for the Burton Trophy
Christmas day race 1924 - the winner was Robert Van Horten of 37 Avoca Road.
Taken before or after a South London Swimming Club outing. Only one woman is in the group (left, in front…
Two divers execute a head-first dive in tandem possibly as part of a diving contest held in the early years…
Cuttings from local newspapers covering races and events organised by the South London Swimming Club between 1929-1939 and 1959-1969. Many…
Frederick William Judge (1877-1960) Frederick Judge was a keen swimmer and diver at the bathing-lake in its early years. Here…
According to the label on the back of Christmas Day 1/3, the race took place at 8.30 in the morning.…
The line-up for the Christmas Day race 1929. On the back, it says the photograph was taken at 8.30 in…
The scrapbook contains mostly photographs, interspersed with some newspaper cuttings. The contents have been digitised and can be accessed by…
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Frank Sims (left) and Jack Snelling take to their ice-skates to clear the snow from a completely frozen lido. The photograph was taken in the 1970s.