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canal and lock keeper’s
house. In 1907 a Diving
Championship was also
launched at Lechlade, and
although this created ‘very
little interest’ the press
accurately predicted the sport
would become popular, for
‘as a spectacular display there
is nothing to equal diving’. In
1913 the Western Counties
Diving Championships were
held at Lechlade where now
‘a large crowd’ witnessed the