The line-up for the race which, according to the caption, started at 8.30 in the morning. There appears to be…
The race was won by South London Swimming Club member Mr H. Cowsil, originally from Lancashire. He's seen here receiving…
The Christmas Day race 1929 was won by S H Hawkins, seen here holding the Burton Cup, first presented in…
According to the label on the back of Christmas Day 1/3, the race took place at 8.30 in the morning.…
The line-up for the Christmas Day race 1929. On the back, it says the photograph was taken at 8.30 in…
Taken at Tooting Bathing Lake after the Christmas Day race 1911. The man holding the Burton Cup, first presented in…
South London Swimming Club member Megan Willis receives the Jenny Kinnaird trophy from Mayor of Wandsworth Colin Dawe. Front row,…
1908 was the first year that the Burton Cup was offered as the prize for the winner of the men's…
Christmas Day 1906 It's not certain that a race was held on the first Christmas morning that the pool was…
South London Swimming Club member Cyril Wood holds aloft the Burton Cup after winning the men's Christmas Day race 1951.…
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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...