Downstream

was amended so that no one
should bathe without proper
dress or drawers ‘unless
properly screened from
view’, which would have a
significant impact on many
Thames bathing places.
But the river could also be
dangerous, the scene of fatal
collisions, drownings, murder
and tragedy. ‘Few things are
pleasanter on a hot day than a
plunge into one of the deep,
quiet, shady pools in which