that much. At Teddington
Lock I did accelerate.’
In Victorian times the lock
was the site of two significant
swimming events. In
September 1865 the London
Swimming Club organised a
race at Teddington which the
press described as ‘who could
swim the longest as well as
furthest without touching
anything and without taking
any stimulant or
refreshment’. This was for
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