The directors of a not-for-profit sports club say they want to take on a town's 1930s swimming baths and reopen them with a range of sports facilities. The Flag Lane Baths in Crewe, Cheshire, have ...
Oklahoman Fred Newton swims down the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights on his way to New Orleans from the Ford Dam in this July 1930 clipping from the St. Paul Dispatch. (Pioneer Press files) ...
Guildford Lido is to offer a free open day on Saturday. The event will kick-off renewed year-round swimming at the Stoke Park ...
The Mississippi River runs 1,826 miles between the Ford Dam in the Twin Cities and New Orleans. In 1930, Fred Newton swam every single one of them. A 27-year-old sign painter from Clinton, Okla., ...