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...
Tooting & Balham Gazette, 06/10/1909 Presentation to the South London Swimming Club of the Dawnay Cup by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Archibald Dawnay, himself. It is described as a 'massive silver cup' and was f...
The Mayor of Wandsworth, Alexander Glegg, formally opened the pool on Saturday 28 July 1906. It is referred to here as 'the Pond' but was actually called Tooting Bathing Lake. Glegg was keen to promote swimmin...
Frederick William Judge (1877-1960) Frederick Judge was a keen swimmer and diver at the bathing-lake in its early years. Here he's pictured in the garden of his home in Cowick Street, Tooting, with a variety ...
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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...