Telegraph Weekend, 14/01/2006 Article by Dan Synge ahead of the first UK Cold Water Swimming Championships held at Tooting Bec…
A sideways look at winter swimming by South London Swimming Club member Ted Yaxley. This image was used as a…
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.…
One of a series of photographs taken for the Daily Mirror on Wednesday 3 February 1954 at 8 o'clock in…
Daily Mail, 02/01/1932 An unidentified winter swimmer shows how it's done! This photograph appeared in a number of national and…
South London Swimming Club member Barbara Kohler braves the water despite the snow all around! Note: the wall at the…
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Frank Sims (left) and Jack Snelling take to their ice-skates to clear the snow from a completely frozen lido. The photograph was taken in the 1970s.