67: 2/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 2 - the lido… and more

2155.41 - 2181.403 Peter Stewart

The audience was entertained in the opening programme by Olive Bartle, winner of a bronze swimming medal in the British Empire Games at Wembley in 1934, and fellow members of the Kingston Ladies Swimming Club, who entered the pool in Victorian-style costumes. Rather unusually, this display was followed by a lecture on the history of swimming, given by a Mr Percy Eames from Kingston,