Downstream

years and it is only since the
Chiswick swimming baths
closed that children have
been coming here in larger
numbers. You can’t stop them
wanting to swim. It is very
worrying. They haven’t a clue
about the tides. They just
launch themselves into the
water and then panic when
they are quickly carried off.’
Sewage can also be a
problem. In the summer of
2004 torrential downpours led