Your volunteer led club since 1937
Here is an archive of images and videos that the committee have found of the swimming pool and especially the club.
If you can fill in any more blanks for us, or have any more pictures of our great club to share, it would be amazing to add to this collection.
Please get in touch ……
Early pictures of the Annual gala, still going strong today, some of our trophies date right back to 1936
Sleaford Swimming Pool in all is glory, fountain in the shallow end of the shallow pool
Eileen Money diving into the main pool circa 1946
A ‘four club swimming gala’ took place in the River Slea to mark the end of ‘Rag Week’
Swimming gala in July, admission charges applied!
Sleaford Swimming Pool 1984, in the foreground is the smaller pool, you can see the larger pool being covered over in the background
Sleaford Swimming team, early 1950’s, Bernice Robinson (white hat, left), Harold Gostlow (crouching)
Teaching children to swim with a rope around their midriff to help balance (and prevent drowning)
Building of Sleaford outdoor swimming pool 1930’s
Sleaford Swimming Club 1950’s
Water polo write up vs Scunthorpe.
Very early certificate, signed by Hilda Cross. Bernard and Hilda were founder members, we have the ‘Cross awards’ presented every year at the AGM for contribution to the club in their memory.
The gala went ahead having been nearly cancelled by an infringement according to the ASA for competing against Grantham the week before who weren’t ASA registered