Published in Windlesora 28 (2012)
©2012, WLHG
1912 saw the formation of Windsor Ladies Swimming Club, though a ladies’ swimming pool had been in existence since 1904. The baths were fed from water from the Thames. In 1909 the baths were taken over by the Windsor Corporation and renamed the Western Baths. On 20th July 1912, the Ladies Swimming Club staged its first Gala in these Baths. The newspaper report of the time opens thus:
‘Since the Windsor Ladies Swimming Club was formed, now only a few months, its path has been paved with prosperity. The members have displayed the utmost enthusiasm, with the result the members have increased until at the present time it is a really healthy club doing excellent work in the cultivation of the art of swimming.’
The baths closed down in the 1930s but were later reused for a short time.
Windsor Local History Group 