length serge and stockings.
But this certainly didn’t stop
the Kingston Ladies and they
were one of several clubs that
would dominate the river-
racing scene in the early
1900s, fielding a number of
champion swimmers. In the
summer they swam in the
Thames, in the winter they
held galas indoors. In July
1901 five club members
entered the Thames ‘opposite
the Swan at Ditton’ and swam
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