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stressed the ‘great importance
in a town like Reading,
situated, as it was, on the
banks of the principal river in
the country, that there should
be a good swimming club’.
‘Hear, hear’ came the
response. The club was now
affiliated with the Amateur
Swimming Association
(ASA), which meant it was
‘one of the first institutions of
its kind in the country’. The
ASA had been formed in