swimming is an art, even to-
day, which is strangely
neglected.’ Unusually for a
champion who made his
name in the Victorian age,
Holbein was still swimming
in his later years. In August
1936, at the age of seventy-
four, he covered eighteen
miles from Richmond Lock
to London Bridge. Images
from the time show him
preparing for the swim, being
greased down ready to start
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