Author: Geoff Swallow

Whose Freddie? The Struggle for Frederick Holman

Posted by Geoff Swallow | Aug 23, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving, Videos | 0

Presented by Geoff Swallow MMU SpLeisH Spanning the period 1884-1912, Frederick Holman’s swimming...

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Missing connections: mobility on the West of England swimming match circuit

Posted by Geoff Swallow | May 14, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving | 1

This is a condensed version of the paper which (ironically, given its title!) I was prevented from...

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The Death of the Fisherman and the Birth of the Bather: the emergence of recreational swimming in a Cornish coastal town

Posted by Geoff Swallow | Apr 5, 2018 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving, Videos | 0

Presented by: Geoff Swallow ABSTRACT The first annual summer migrant to arrive on the coast of...

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Collier and Kistler: “the friendliest possible rivalry.”

Posted by Geoff Swallow | Jan 18, 2017 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving | 0

Two swimmers whose rivalry during the 1880s served to define the professional era on the West of...

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