South London Swimming Club kicked-off the lido's centenary year by holding the UK's first Cold Water Swimming Championships. This had…
South London Swimming Club members Lizzy Hearn and Alan Johnson celebrated their wedding at the lido where they met.
The programme for the 2nd UK Cold Water Championships organised by the South London Swimming Club and held at the…
Tooting Bathing Lake was opened by Alexander Glegg, the Mayor of Wandsworth, on Saturday 28 July 1906. Dignitaries from the…
Alfred French was the first bathing attendant at the new pool. He is unlikely to have had the skills of…
A letter from South London Swimming Club member Sarah Giles making arrangements for the screening of a video about the…
A rowing-boat is used to facilitate cleaning the pool during spring 2002. In the background the new entrance, designed by…
After holding UK-wide Cold Water Swimming Championships in 2006 and 2007, the South London Swimming Club went one better in…
The programme for the 4th Cold Water Swimming Championships held at the Lido on 24 January 2009.
Certificate of Incorporation for Bec Swimmers Ltd, a sub-section of the South London Swimming Club. 12.08.1992.
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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 The entrance was to have been replaced by a water sports...