Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 5 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Swimming" xformat: "Photograph" x Search term Filter by Subject Recreation venues (3)Newport Braes (3)Filter by Area Newport (4)Filter by Decade 1900s (1)1910s (1)1920s (1)Filter by Century 20th (3) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Newport Swimming Club Diving Competition B Fearn dives to win the swimming gala diving competition in 1912. Newport Braes: the Bathing Station The Bathing Station Newport on a stormy day. The two changing huts for men and women can be seen, and furthest away is the Boating Club shed and slipway. Swimming Gala Day 1900 Not an inch of space available at the Braes for late-comers to the annual swimming gala in 1900. In the foreground is the men's changing hut with the steep steps leading down to it. In the distance the boating club slipway is lined with visitors, and just out of sight, the Big Rock would no ... Daily Swim to Big Rock 1920s A rare old photograph of Angie Livingstone's grandfather, later plumber Jack Barlow, on his daily swim with his dog Billy, from the old pier to Big Rock. Would love to know who took the photograph. Jack was born in 1906 so this probably dates from 1920s. Jim Muirhead - Paralympian Swimmer As a swimmer, Jim Muirhead was Scotland's most successful paralympian. Jim lived at 13 Alma Terrace as a schoolboy in the 1950s and 60s. His loss of sight at age 16 put an end to swimming training with the British Olympics team, but he was soon invited to join the paralympians instead. Between 1976 and ...
