The South London Swimming Club rules as drawn up in the 1930s with a list of the trophies at the…
Photograph taken by Aerofilms Ltd, 18/11/1937. The café and fountain are visible at the shallow end of the pool, having…
Royal Humane Society casebook entry for 23 September 1930. Case No 50471 records how William Laws, Captain of the South…
The men's Christmas Day race 1930.
This photograph is thought to have been taken in December 1931. The figure on the left is 70-year old H.…
This photograph is thought to have been taken in December 1931. The figure on the left is 70-year old H.…
Unidentified newspaper, 13/03/1936 William Laws (Right) is presented with a silver salver by South London Swimming Club secretary, Harold English,…
South London Swimming Club member Louis Marchant is chosen to represent England at the Empire Games at Wembley. By the…
Unidentified newspaper, 16/03/1934 Article by South London Swimming Club press officer Charles Roskilly (CSR) lamenting the amount of work taking…
Horace Lock, secretary of the South London Swimming Club, is appointed Chairman of the Royal Life Saving Society for 1934.
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An evocative photograph of a solitary winter swimmer, December 1995.