In 2005 a small group from the South London Swimming Club took part in the Cold Water Swimming Championships in…
Simon Murie joined the South London Swimming Club in the early 2000s and went on to found Swimtrek, a travel…
Wandsworth Guardian, 02/01/2008 Long-standing South London Swimming Club member 85-year old Cyril Wood celebrates winning the Men's Christmas Day Race…
Wandsworth Guardian, 08/01/2009 The Mayor of Wandsworth, John Farebrother, presents the Burton Cup to Andrew Ingamells following his success in…
Wandsworth Guardian, 12/01/2006 Mayor of Wandsworth, Diana Whittingham, presents the winner's cup to Marion Pattison for coming first in the…
The Australian Olympic swimmer, Ian Thorpe - known as the Thorpedo - visited the lido on Sunday 12 August 2012…
One of a series of photographs taken for the Daily Mirror on Wednesday 3 February 1954 at 8 o'clock in…
South London Swimming Club member Lucy Scott Petrie warms up in the hot tub after taking part in the Cold…
Actress Doon Mackichan, a member of the South London Swimming Club, braves the icy water at the Cold Water Swimming…
The Mayor of Wandsworth, Diana Whittingham, cuts the cake at the Lido's 90th birthday party on 28 July 1996. From…
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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...