Balham & Tooting Mercury, January 1933 Twenty-two swimmers took part in the 1932 Christmas Day race. It was won by H. Cowsill, with A. E. Blay in second place and C. Davis in third. Blay is reported to have l...
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 03/07/1931 Sixty-two women are enrolled as full members of the South London Swimming Club for the first time. The first officers elected to run the Ladies' Section are largely the w...
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 02/01/1931 H Cowsill wins 'the twenty-third consecutive annual race' for the Burton Cup, just ahead of H Palmer in second and L Holloway in third place. Also a report on the Boxing D...
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Frank Sims (left) and Jack Snelling take to their ice-skates to clear the snow from a completely frozen lido. The photograph was taken in the 1970s.