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...
Alfred French was the first bathing attendant at the new pool. He is unlikely to have had the skills of a modern-day lifeguard. He was accorded the honour of being allowed to take the first official dive into ...
The scene on the opening day after all the formalities had been completed. According to one local paper, hundreds of small boys 'unblushingly undressed and were sampling the quality of the water long before th...
Tooting Bathing Lake, as it was originally known, was opened on Saturday 28 July 1906. Alexander Glegg, Mayor of Wandsworth, formally handed the pool over to Sir Evan Spicer, Chairman of the London County Cou...
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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 The entrance was to have been replaced by a water sports pavilion wi...