letter writer to The Times, but
to use the ‘great highway of
the Thames’, when there were
no baths in which to swim.
But then the 1846 Baths and
Washhouses Act allowed the
building of indoor pools,
swimming became
popularised and it wasn’t
long before societies and
clubs were formed. Soon the
pupils of the National
Swimming Society were
racing in the Thames, despite
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