the fact that sewage pollution
was so severe it would result
in cholera outbreaks.
Originally races were held
for a bet and a dare. In 1791
three men apparently swam
from Westminster Bridge to
London Bridge for an eight-
guinea wager. The winner
was carried to a pub to
celebrate, where he drank so
much gin he ‘expired’. Then
races for men became far
more organised; in 1840 the
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