The story of John S Thomson, a lifelong member of the Arlington Baths, who swam for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympic Games.
Category: 1920s
Cotton or stockinette? Old and new swimming costumes at the Arlington Baths
Everyone wore regulation swimsuits at the Arlington Baths. For ladies before the First World War, these were heavy cotton tunics and bloomers but after the War there were demands for change...
Arlington Baths Club History Group 