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estimated 70,000 children
visited in the first year; in
1935 there were 100,000
children and adults. Most
came from Stepney, others
from Barking, Bermondsey,
Borough, Shoreditch,
Tottenham, Bethnal Green
and Walthamstow. Teachers
brought their classes to the
beach as well, just as
stateschool pupils would be
taken to Thames baths at
Oxford and Reading and

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