London Bridge wasn’t just
the site for daring swims and
dives, but, like Westminster
Bridge, it was a place for
novelty feats as well. In
August 1880, for a wager of
£50, R. Smith from
Sheerness, a ‘known aquatic
performer’, and a six-year-old
black retriever named Now
Then, said to have rescued
seven people, set off to swim
ten miles from London
Bridge to North Woolwich
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