In September 2010, after a tenure of 18 years, Betty Freddi handed over the editorship of the newsletter to Richard…
Doreen Fitch, South London Swimming Club Membership Secretary, features on a London Olympics flyer encouraging British Olympians to make a…
The Australian Olympic swimmer, Ian Thorpe - known as the Thorpedo - visited the lido on Sunday 12 August 2012…
Actress Doon Mackichan, a member of the South London Swimming Club, braves the icy water at the Cold Water Swimming…
As Minister of Sport in the Labour government, Tony Banks was invited to open the refurbished Saltdean Lido, near Brighton,…
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In the mid-1990s plans were drawn up by Michael Phillips Associates for a major refurbishment of the lido to be funded Sports Lottery money. The entrance was to have been replaced by a water sports...