1886 (although its history is
complex and it’s often said to
have been founded much
earlier) and by 1892 it had
404 affiliated clubs.
The Reading club had also
established the Albert Palmer
Challenge Cup for
‘competition amongst boys of
the Reading Board Schools’
and teachers were urged to
‘take the boys down to the
baths and get them to practise
swimming’ because ‘it was as
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