event could have raised
£100,000.
In Victorian times people
made wagers on swimming
races across and along the
river, in the 1930s they
competed for silver cups in
the docks; now we actually
pay to swim here (the London
Great Swim fee is £39) and
make money for charity in the
process.
‘The charity element is
huge,’ says Alex Jackson,
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