Christmas morning line up for the race for the Burton Trophy
The South London Swimming Club rules as drawn up in the 1930s with a list of the trophies at the back.
A Christmas Day race (for men only) was held on 25 December 1908. Races may also have been held in 1906 and 1907 but this year, for the first time, there was a prize: a silver trophy presented by Mr A Burton. ...
Doug Mann (centre) holds the Hannaford Silver Plate presented to the South London Swimming Club by Ann Hannaford (right in grey suit). In the foreground, Bertie Coleman holds the Doug Harper Tankard.
Tooting & Balham Gazette, 06/10/1909 Presentation to the South London Swimming Club of the Dawnay Cup by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Archibald Dawnay, himself. It is described as a 'massive silver cup' and was f...
The Mayor of Wandsworth, Alexander Glegg, formally opened the pool on Saturday 28 July 1906. It is referred to here as 'the Pond' but was actually called Tooting Bathing Lake. Glegg was keen to promote swimmin...
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 19/08/1932 The Dawnay Rescue Championship Cup 1932 was won by Derek Berry (known as Jack). Archibald Dawnay was Mayor of Wandsworth for an unequalled eleven consecutive years, from ...
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 04/07?/1930 The annual 100-yard race for the Brooks Cup, donated to the South London Swimming Club by the club's Vice-President, Mr A F Brooks, was won by A E Blay. Also reference to...
Frederick William Judge (1877-1960) Frederick Judge was a keen swimmer and diver at the bathing-lake in its early years. Here he's pictured in the garden of his home in Cowick Street, Tooting, with a variety ...
Streatham News, 08/09/1950 South London Swimming Club annual river swim at Walton-on-Thames. Men competed over 1 mile for the Lawson Cup; women over half-a-mile for the Roskilly Cup. Junior event over 1 mile....
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