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furiously to the by-law. On
internet forums some said it
was a result of Trenton
Oldfield’s disruption of the
boat race a few months
earlier, others that the PLA
was ‘another nanny among
the thousands blighting the
daily life of Britain’. One
commentator said if you had
to apply for a licence before
swimming it ‘removed any
spontaneity’ and was
therefore a de facto ban;