An acrobatic work-out at the lido in the early 1950s. On the left, in white trunks, is George Aldhouse, later…
A view of the lido looking from the deep end towards the shallow end. There is not yet a basket…
The Tooting Physical Culture Club was set up in the early 1950s under the umbrella of the South London Swimming…
One of a series of photographs taken for the Daily Mirror on Wednesday 3 February 1954 at 8 o'clock in…
Tooting & Balham Gazette, 28/06/1957 Inquest into the death of 9-year old John Michael Corbett from Streatham who was found…
Cuttings from local newspapers covering races and events organised by the South London Swimming Club between 1929-1939 and 1959-1969. Many…
H Palmer (middle) was an early member of the South London Swimming Club, founded in 1906.
A group of men pose at the lido, early 1950s. Standing in the middle, with a white moustache, is H.…
Streatham News, 08/09/1950 South London Swimming Club annual river swim at Walton-on-Thames. Men competed over 1 mile for the Lawson…
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Tooting Bathing Lake, as the pool was originally known, was built in about four months between March and July 1906. It was a work scheme for unemployed men, with about 400 in total participating in...