‘miniature war’ broke out,
reported the Surrey Mirror on
19 August 1882: ‘An
unseemly squabble, ending in
something like a fight
between officials representing
the Thames Conservancy and
members of the Corporation
took place on Friday morning
last at the river side.’ The
‘cause of the disturbance’
was the swimming bath,
which the paper insisted was
‘in no way interfering with
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