Come on in! Sea swimming at Southsea | Nostalgia
![1900: Holidaymakers enjoying mixed bathing at Southsea, with a line of bathing machines along the shore. Picture: Getty Images](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVkZDQxNmNiLWI3M2QtNDFiOS05YjgyLTNhY2VhOTJmMGQ4Mzo5OGMxY2FmNS1jMTI3LTQxMjAtODNiNi0xYmI0NWY1YzY4ODc=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![1900: Holidaymakers enjoying mixed bathing at Southsea, with a line of bathing machines along the shore. Picture: Getty Images](/img/placeholder.png)
Our theme today is swimming at Southsea with a series of mainly pre-Second World War photographs and one particularly evocative shot from 1900.
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