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Rowing Club. ‘Swimming
was replaced by rowing,’
Lindsay says, ‘that’s how it is
in Henley.’ And unlike
swimming, rowing has an
almost unbroken tradition:
‘the regatta has never been
missed except during war.
Perhaps we lost our
swimming history because of
Health & Safety? Swimming
died out, but now it’s coming
back and soon we’re hosting
a small exhibition on the