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  • A nine year-old boy squats in his den near a drying out pond in woods near Nailsea, on 21st April 2019, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England
    nailsea_family-05-21-04-2019.jpg
  • An elderly man checks the netting of his garden pond due to the visits of a local heron with an eye on his fish, on 5th May 2018, in Wrington, North Somerset, England.
    wrington_family-69-05-05-2018.jpg
  • An elderly man checks the netting of his garden pond due to the visits of a local heron with an eye on his fish, on 5th May 2018, in Wrington, North Somerset, England.
    wrington_family-71-05-05-2018.jpg
  • Bird wildlife and a swimmers' rail leading into the still waters of the Serpentine pond, on 1st January 2017, in central London, England.
    serpentine_ducks-03-01-01-2017.jpg
  • Bird wildlife and a swimmers' rail leading into the still waters of the Serpentine pond, on 1st January 2017, in central London, England.
    serpentine_ducks-02-01-01-2017.jpg
  • A former railway freight wagon has been painted with childrens' colours and left in a playground, near a pond in Wedding, a north-western district of Berlin.
    berlin_landscape01-06-04-2013.jpg
  • While her brother apparently sinks beneath the surface of plastic balls, a three year-old girl scrabbles up a small slide in the Croydon branch of IKEAS's crèche facility, allowing parent shoppers to browse the store while their children frolic in the ball pond. Designed to encourage adventure and stimulate developing senses, the kids play on their own in this safe environment. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
    ella+sam11-25-05_1999.jpg
  • Autumn leaves by a pond in a woodland landscape in Sydenham Hill Woods, on 25th October 2020, in London, England. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched from Deptford to Selhurst. The wood is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    sydenham_wood03-25-10-2020.jpg
  • Autumn leaves by a pond in a woodland landscape in Sydenham Hill Woods, on 25th October 2020, in London, England. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched from Deptford to Selhurst. The wood is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    sydenham_wood04-25-10-2020.jpg
  • Frozen pond and tree landscape in Dulwich Park, south London during mid-winter snow.
    dulwich_snow08-21-01-2013.jpg
  • Frozen pond and tree landscape in Dulwich Park, south London during mid-winter snow.
    dulwich_snow10-21-01-2013.jpg
  • Three teenage boys bait their lines in the calm of the River Wandle, one of London's lost rivers that still meanders through inner-city London on its course from Carshalton Pond to the Thames. The three lads are reflected in the ripples of this once-polluted water which was once flushed with the toxins of industry such as tanning factories and breweries. After expensive clean-ups by local authorities, kids like these are once again able to catch trout in the way boys like them would do hundreds of years before the industrial revolutiion fouled many a water course. It is a perfect later-summer afternoon and the sun is shining on waterside reeds and grasses making this a scene of idyllic boyhood and undusturbed lazy dreams.
    river_wandle01.jpg
  • Reflected in the surrounding pond, we see the glorious Victoria Memorial, the beautiful marble structure built by the British still during the days of the colonial Indian Raj. Couples and families gather in the Memorial's grounds to experience the cool air of late-afternoon near the white, domed building. Built between 1906 and 1921, it is a majestic white marble building at the southern end of the Maidan (literally meaning open field, the largest urban park, a large expansive plain in central Calcutta city. Nowadays it is a museum and group activities are being discouraged due to the fears that pollution will damage this fine structure that honours Queen Victoria, then Empress of India.
    RB_062-18-11-1996.jpg
  • A female member of the Territorial Army hangs on to ropes before falling in pond water during weekend initiative manoeuvres
    territorial01-12-06-1988.jpg
  • Duck pond with St Joseph Chapel and Shrine Altar at Aylesford Priory (Friary) in Kent, England. The structures are not original as the buildings on this Christian ancient site were damaged by King Henry VIII during the dissolution of the monasteries of the 16th century. This structure was repaired after WW2 for the benefit of those pilgrims on retreat at this quiet location in the county of Kent, southern England.
    aylesford_friary04-03-03-2013.jpg
  • A pair of awkwardly splayed legs disappear into the cold, murky waters of the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. Having just dived head-first off a platform that juts out into the lake, the person is half in and half out and the splash is frozen in time. He or she is in incopetent diver with such ungainly plunge into the waters. It is otherwise a quiet moment. The water is largely undisturbed apart from the dive and buoy markers float to for a boundary line to keep rowing boats and bathers apart. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park. ..
    RB-0191.jpg
  • Two businessmen look out over the landscaped ponds in London' Barbican.
    barbican_landscape1-05-July-2011.jpg
  • Visitors to the Kyoto Garden look into the water to see koi carp in Holland Parks’ Kyoto Garden, on 28th June 2020, in London, England. The Kyoto Garden was opened in 1991 - a gift from the city of Kyoto to commemorate the long friendship between Japan and Great Britain. Today, the Kyoto Garden is a popular part of Holland Park – but it’s not the only Japanese garden in this green space. In July 2012, the Fukushima Memorial Garden was officially opened. It commemorates the gratitude of the Japanese people to the British people for their support following the natural disasters that struck in March 2011.
    holland_park-01-28-06-2020.jpg
  • Visitors to the Kyoto Garden look into the water to see koi carp in Holland Parks’ Kyoto Garden, on 17th November 2019, in London, England. The Kyoto Garden was opened in 1991. It was a gift from the city of Kyoto to commemorate the long friendship between Japan and Great Britain. Today, the Kyoto Garden is a popular part of Holland Park – but it’s not the only Japanese garden in this green space. In July 2012, the Fukushima Memorial Garden was officially opened. It commemorates the gratitude of the Japanese people to the British people for their support following the natural disasters that struck in March 2011.
    holland_park-04-17-11-2019.jpg
  • Guarded by the male cob, a female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan09-08-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan05-08-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan02-08-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan04-06-04-2014.jpg
  • Locals watch a female mute swan (pen) incubating her eggs on a nest in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan31-09-04-2014.jpg
  • Young locals watch a female mute swan (pen) incubating her eggs on a nest in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan27-09-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan09-09-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan14-09-04-2014.jpg
  • Guarded by the male cob, a female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan12-09-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan11-09-04-2014.jpg
  • Guarded by the male cob, a female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan06-09-04-2014.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan03-08-04-2014.jpg
  • Nightfall on trees and the campsite in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads.
    night_campsite01-31-07-2013.jpg
  • Old Victorian rectory now home of the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat145-27-06-2010.jpg
  • Old Victorian rectory now home of the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat127-27-06-2010.jpg
  • Old Victorian rectory now home of the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat126-27-06-2010.jpg
  • Visitors to the Kyoto Garden look into the water to see koi carp in Holland Parks’ Kyoto Garden, on 17th November 2019, in London, England. The Kyoto Garden was opened in 1991. It was a gift from the city of Kyoto to commemorate the long friendship between Japan and Great Britain. Today, the Kyoto Garden is a popular part of Holland Park – but it’s not the only Japanese garden in this green space. In July 2012, the Fukushima Memorial Garden was officially opened. It commemorates the gratitude of the Japanese people to the British people for their support following the natural disasters that struck in March 2011.
    holland_park-03-17-11-2019.jpg
  • A female mute swan (pen) incubates her eggs on a nest surrounded by plastic bags waste, in an urban water basin.
    nesting_swan30-09-04-2014.jpg
  • A family admire the water lillies floating on the surface of water in the pedestrian area of Spitalfields in central London.
    lillies_family01-11-08-2013.jpg
  • As the number of new Coronavirus cases in the UK climbs to 201,101, with UK deaths now standing at 30,076 - the highest recorded in Europe, <br />
while maintaining a safer social distance during the continuing Covid lockdown, the young goslings recently hatched by resident geese lead their gaggle into the pond in Ruskin Park, a public green space in south London, on 6th May 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-07-06-05-2020.jpg
  • As the number of new Coronavirus cases in the UK climbs to 201,101, with UK deaths now standing at 30,076 - the highest recorded in Europe, <br />
while maintaining a safer social distance during the continuing Covid lockdown, the young goslings recently hatched by resident geese lead their gaggle into the pond in Ruskin Park, a public green space in south London, on 6th May 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-06-06-05-2020.jpg
  • A nine year-old boy squats in his den near a drying out pond in woods near Nailsea, on 21st April 2019, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England
    nailsea_family-03-21-04-2019.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, street art by three artists has been created on the plyboard sheeting of the still closed Criterion Restaurant opposite Eros in  in Leicester Square, on 14th May 2020, in London, England. The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. It is a Grade II* listed building and is in the Top 10 most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-07-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, street art by three artists has been created on the plyboard sheeting of the still closed Criterion Restaurant opposite Eros in  in Leicester Square, on 14th May 2020, in London, England. The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. It is a Grade II* listed building and is in the Top 10 most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-06-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, street art by three artists has been created on the plyboard sheeting of the still closed Criterion Restaurant opposite Eros in  in Leicester Square, on 14th May 2020, in London, England. The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. It is a Grade II* listed building and is in the Top 10 most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-05-14-05-2020.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, street art by three artists has been created on the plyboard sheeting of the still closed Criterion Restaurant opposite Eros in  in Leicester Square, on 14th May 2020, in London, England. The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. It is a Grade II* listed building and is in the Top 10 most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-04-14-05-2020.jpg
  • A 1990s Afro-Caribbean mother and her child enjoy the August heatwave in the unheated waters of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    lido_swimmer-25-08-1995.jpg
  • An early morning swimmer bathes in the unheated pool of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    lido_swimmer-25-08-1995_1.jpg
  • A mother holds her young son high into the air while waste deep in the warm waters of Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill, south London, SE24. It is a fine summer's day and the pool is quiet before a rush of other families return for another day at their local pool. The mum throws the lad up and he squeels with delight at being thrust so high above the water's surface. This lido was opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond
    lido_summer01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see a mass of people in late afternoon light with deep tans from the extended hot summer. Swimmers are in the unheated water, others jump in or stand on the edge thinking about their next dive. It is a scene of chaotic fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    brockwell_lido03-25-08-1995.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see two men of Afro-carribean origin who have a corner of the Lido to themselves. One wears a towel wrapped around his lower-body and sits, arms folded with a look of territorial superiority while the other applies sun lotion to his leg. There is little space left on the full pavement which retains its solar heat long after the sun has left the quadrangle of the lido's oblong design but their colourful towels and possessions are spread out on the paving stones along with childrens' toys including an Action Man toy soldier who is also tanning himself. It is a scene of fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    RB-0169.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see a mass of people in late afternoon light with deep tans from the extended hot summer. There is little space left on the full pavement which retains its solar heat long after the sun has left the quadrangle of the lido's oblong design. They lay reading a newspaper or book, spread themselves on small towels or just chat to fellow-bathers. Swimmers are in the unheated water, others jump in or stand on the edge thinking about their next dive. It is a scene of chaotic fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    RB-0168.jpg
  • A confrontation during a water polo match at the Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill,  London. ..Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    water_polo-25-08-1995.jpg
  • As it is reported that a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, the total number of deaths in hospitals and the wider community to 33,614, street art by three artists has been created on the plyboard sheeting of the still closed Criterion Restaurant opposite Eros in  in Leicester Square, on 14th May 2020, in London, England. The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. It is a Grade II* listed building and is in the Top 10 most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-03-14-05-2020.jpg
  • A multi-ethnic crowd enjoys a heatwave in the Herne Hill lido, south London, England. A mixture of cultural backgrounds and ethnicities celebrate the warm weather together either in the waters or on the poolside concrete. The water is blue and the skin is either white, sunburned pink or black afro-Carribean. The laughter is genuine with these Londoners relishing this local open-air mecca for healthy sun worship. This lido was opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond.
    lido_summer02-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Walking friends enjoy a rest on benches at an outdoor cafe in Epping Forest, Essex, Enghland. The outdoor cafe is in a car park inside Epping Forest, an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It covers 2,476 hectares and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds - popular with families and more serious walkers.
    epping_forest_walk03-01-04-2013.jpg
  • A male swimmer stands up after doing the Crawl across this scene of fresh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
    serpentine_swimmer01-21-06-1994.jpg
  • A young boy adjusts his goggles before swimming again in London's Serpentine pool, Kensington. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
    serpentine_boy01-21-06-1994.jpg
  • A Metropolitan Police diver surfaces beneath the murky waters of the River Thames in front of the tall buildings of the City of London, on 13th June 1993, in London, England. Blowing bubbles, he exhales through his oxygenated mask and looks through the Plexiglass to the viewer. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames). After a body is recovered from the River it is taken to the mortuary at Wapping Police Station for identification.
    police_diver-13-06-1993.jpg
  • Walking friends enjoy a rest on benches at an outdoor cafe in Epping Forest, Essex, England. Gathered on bench seats and wrapped up against a Spring chill, the people sit with foam cups of tea, talking next to another person whose pet American Staffordshire Terrier is on a lead. The outdoor cafe is in a car park inside Epping Forest, an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It covers 2,476 hectares and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds - popular with families and more serious walkers.
    epping_forest_walk02-01-04-2013.jpg
  • Two Metropolitan Police officers patrol the tidal waters River Thames near Tower Bridge in London, England. In their small boat used to police and often make searches of the river in central London, their searchlight watches for people in the water - especially on Fridays and around New year. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames).
    thames_police01-18-05-1993.jpg
  • Two Metropolitan Police officers patrol the tidal waters River Thames beneath the bow HMS Belfast warship in London, England. In their small boat used to police and often make searches of the river in central London, their searchlight watches for people in the water - especially on Fridays and around New year. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames).
    thames_police-18-05-1993.jpg
  • A male swimmer performs the Crawl across this scene of frewsh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. As the man twists his head to gulp in air, breathing a lungful of oxygen, he passes the lettering stencilled on the poolside warning of shallow water. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park...
    deep_swimmer-21-06-1994.jpg
  • A Metropolitan Police diver surfaces beneath the murky waters of the River Thames in front of the tall buildings of the City of London, England. Blowing bubbles, he exhales through his oxygenated mask and looks through the Plexiglass to the viewer. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames). After a body is recovered from the River it is taken to the mortuary at Wapping Police Station for identification.
    RB_094-13-06-1993.jpg
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