Come on in! Sea swimming at Southsea | Nostalgia

By Deborah Croker
Published 3rd Oct 2021, 18:00 BST
1900: Holidaymakers enjoying mixed bathing at Southsea, with a line of bathing machines along the shore. Picture: Getty Images1900: Holidaymakers enjoying mixed bathing at Southsea, with a line of bathing machines along the shore. Picture: Getty Images
1900: Holidaymakers enjoying mixed bathing at Southsea, with a line of bathing machines along the shore. Picture: Getty Images
Our theme today is swimming at Southsea with a series of mainly pre-Second World War photographs and one particularly evocative shot from 1900.

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