It was Agnes Beckwith who
first sparked my interest in
Thames swimming. I initially
came across her in a British
Library poster, an
advertisement for a
performance at the Royal
Aquarium in 1885. She stands
dead centre, wearing a satin
costume, stockings and boots,
one arm resting casually on a
beach rock. Just behind her in
the water a man has both
arms raised in the air, his
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