Downstream

dare, and swam across the
river and back before winning
a prize of a pint of beer.
Downstream in the
neighbouring district of
Chiswick, however, people
still swim on a regular basis.
In the 1920s there were open-
air baths here where ‘brilliant
weather attracts parties of
bathers,’ explained Pathé
News which filmed men and
women splashing around
together, while dozens