Since 2009, the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships have been held every other year at Tooting Bec Lido. The inaugural…
A sideways look at winter swimming by South London Swimming Club member Ted Yaxley. This image was used as a…
In the mid-1990s plans were drawn up by Michael Phillips Associates for a major refurbishment of the lido to be…
The diving boards were a popular feature of the lido until they were dismantled in the 1970s for Health &…
Tooting Bathing Lake, as the pool was originally known, was built in about four months between March and July 1906.…
The winner of the Christmas Day race holds the Burton Cup. He is flanked, presumably, by the swimmers who came…
This photograph is thought to have been taken in December 1931. The figure on the left is 70-year old H.…
This photograph is thought to have been taken in December 1931. The figure on the left is 70-year old H.…
A professional photograph of South London Swimming Club member Frank Sims taken at the lido in 1999. Sims (1920-2006) was…
In the mid-1990s plans were drawn up by Michael Phillips Associates for a major refurbishment of the lido to be…
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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.