Brave and bold : 100 years of the Ladies' Pond on Hampstead Heath (in all weathers)
Frizzell, Nell2026
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This volume celebrates 100 years of this beloved London landmark through the rhythm of a single swimming year, from frozen Januarys to sun-drenched midsummers; through friendships, feminist activism and the exhilaration of open water. Created in colloboration with the Kenwood Ladies' Pond Association and rich with previously unseen archive material and new interviews - from Dolly Alderton and Amy Liptrot to lifelong swimmers of every era - this is far more than the story of one pond. It's a story of community, women and wild water across a century of social and political change, from suffragettes to soap stars, war to liberation, and shared flasks of tea to acts of quiet rebellion. The book is both a love letter to Hampstead Heath and to every woman who has ever felt most at home bobbing about in open water.
Main title:
Brave and bold : 100 years of the Ladies' Pond on Hampstead Heath (in all weathers) / Nell Frizzell with The Kenwood Ladies' Pond Association ; foreword by Esther Freud.
Author:
Frizzell, Nell, authorKenwood Ladies Pond Association, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Mudlark, 2026.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Published in association with The Kenwood Ladies' Pond Association.
ISBN:
9780008797393 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
797.200942797.2009
Language:
English
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BRN:
9106907
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