South London Swimming Club members Lizzy Hearn and Alan Johnson celebrate their wedding at the lido where they met.
In 2008, the South London Swimming Club hosted the World Winter Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido - the first…
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…
Wandsworth Borough News, 26/07/2006 Tooting Bec Lido won the London Pools Campaign's 'Golden Goggles' award for being the best open-air…
Wandsworth Guardian, 30/08/2001 Letter from former lifeguard John Cuffley, who lost his job at the lido in 1999, criticising the…
South London Press, 31/05/2002. Article on the recent £600,000 refurbishment of the lido, creating a new entrance and new showers,…
Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 16/04/2000. The cover of a supplement on day-trips 90 minutes from central London. The painting, by Louise…
Wandsworth Guardian, 08/01/2004 SLSC members Cyril Wood and Megan Willis receive their winners' cups from the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor…
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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 The entrance was to have been replaced by a water sports...