Downstream

their blankets, swing them by
their hands and feet and toss
them into the river. Later in
the day there’s a swimming
race, and after lunch the boys
wash the dishes in the river.
By 1935 the Eton bathing
spot at Boveney had been
given up, although pupils still
swam downstream from
Boveney to Rafts, and the
former ‘Masters’ Bathing
Place’ at Romney Weir was
used by both masters and the