From left: Jim Eldridge, Vice-President of the South London Swimming Club; Katherine Alexander, Secretary; George Aldhouse, Honorary Handicapper. The photograph…
An acrobatic work-out at the lido in the early 1950s. On the left, in white trunks, is George Aldhouse, later…
George Aldhouse was a porter at Smithfield Market and became a regular at the lido in the 1950s. During the…
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Mrs Rose Merritt was a keen member of the South London Swimming Club in the 1960s and 1970s - whatever the weather! Notice that another swimmer is already in the snow-covered water.