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#20 Bobbie, a nine-month-old son of a P.T. instructor, is supported by his mother as he tries a few strokes in the Royal Marine Swimming Bath at Deal, Kent, 1960.

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#20 Bobbie, a nine-month-old son of a P.T. instructor, is supported by his mother as he tries a few strokes in the Royal Marine Swimming Bath at Deal, Kent, 1960.

What Swimming Lessons Looked Like a Century Ago (Spoiler: No Swim Goggles)

#20 Bobbie, a nine-month-old son of a P.T. instructor, is supported by his mother as he tries a few strokes in the Royal Marine Swimming Bath at Deal, Kent, 1960.

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←#19 Swimming classes at the Marshall street swimming baths, All Soul’s School, London; pictured left to right: Sybil Jacobvitch; Androulla Savva (Cypriot); Mary coutsarou (Cypriot); Betty Healey, 1952.
#21 Greta Anderson is greased by her husband P.T. Instructor John Sonnichsen before she entered the water to win the International Cross Channel Swimming race, 1958.→

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