Balham & Tooting Mercury, 05/12/1930 South London Swimming Club captain William Laws is presented with a Royal Humane Society Honorary…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, No date South London Swimming Club captain William Laws is presented with a Royal Humane Society…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 12/09/1930 Twenty-six swimmers entered the South London Swimming Club's annual river swim at Walton-on-Thames. The race…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 04/07?/1930 The annual 100-yard race for the Brooks Cup, donated to the South London Swimming Club…
Balham & Tooting Mercury, 22.03.1930 A detailed account of the South London Swimming Club's 1930 AGM at which a resolution…
Cuttings from local newspapers covering races and events organised by the South London Swimming Club between 1929-1939 and 1959-1969. Many…
Wandsworth Guardian, 28/04/2005 Article by Sarah Halls on repairs to the pool tank. The original concrete base was lined with…
Wandsworth Borough News, 26/07/2006 Article by Andrew Westbrook to mark the centenary of the lido.
Frank Sims (1920-2006) was a long-standing member of the SLSC and served as Honorary Handicapper from 1996-2003. In the 1990s…
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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 The entrance was to have been replaced by a water sports...
