Sporting life. Learning to swim. Hidden Lives Revealed Print this page Close this window *
The boys from the Leicester Home enjoy the luxury of an indoor pool. The Society believed that swimming lessons gave the children important life-saving skills, as well as keeping them fit and healthy.
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Ref: WS74
Title: Learning to swim
Date: 1901
Location: Leicester Boys' Home, Leicestershire
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays, October 1901, page 169

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The boys from the Leicester Home enjoy the luxury of an indoor pool. The Society believed that swimming lessons gave the children important life-saving skills, as well as keeping them fit and healthy.

Rights: © The Children's Society
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