This poem - believed to have been written by Charles Roskilly, whose initials appear at the bottom - was an…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 22/09/1933 A major refurbishment of the lido took place in the early 1930s in order to…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 03/07/1931 Sixty-two women are enrolled as full members of the South London Swimming Club for the…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 12/06/1931 Following the decision taken at the Annual Meeting in March 1931, the South London Swimming…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 15/05/1931 Mixed bathing at Tooting Bathing Lake was first introduced in the summer of 1931, and…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 03/04/1931 First steps taken by the South London Swimming Club's Annual Meeting to admit women as…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 22.03.1930 A detailed account of the South London Swimming Club's 1930 AGM at which a resolution…
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Tooting Bathing Lake, as the pool was originally known, was built in about four months between March and July 1906. It was a work scheme for unemployed men, with about 400 in total participating in...