Swimming – History & Evolution in Scotland from the 1800s to Now

Recommended “Reading Order” for Historical Sequence – Left to Right, Top to Bottom – but feel free to “browse” as interest takes you !

Sea and River
Swimming

Establishment of
Swimming Facilities

The Evolution of
Swimming Clubs

The Associated Swimming
Clubs of Glasgow

Birth of the Scottish Amateur
Swimming Association

The District
Associations

Teacher
Education

Scottish Olympic
Training Scheme

Scottish Olympic and International
Swimming & Training Committee

Swimming During
Wartime (1939-45)

Post War & the Golden Years
of Motherwell A.S. & W.P.C.

The Championship, Swimming,
Selection & Training Committee

Centralised National
Swimming Championships

The Impact of
Radio and Television

The "Not So
Swinging Sixties"

The Influences of Patronage
and Sponsorship

National Age Group
Swimming Championships

National Swim
Centre

Competitive Swimming
in the 1980s