Alfred French was the first bathing attendant at the new pool. He is unlikely to have had the skills of…
The diving boards were a popular feature of the lido until they were dismantled in the 1970s for Health &…
Alfred French was the first lifeguard at Tooting Bathing Lake. On 5 August 1907 he is known to have saved…
Taken at Tooting Bathing Lake after the Christmas Day race 1911. The man holding the Burton Cup, first presented in…
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Wandsworth Borough News, 17/08/2005 Janet Smith joined the South London Swimming Club in the early 1990s. In 1996 she wrote a short history of Tooting Bec Lido and followed it up in 2005 with a...