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A quote from Iris Murdoch, reflecting on her experiences swimming in the Thames with her husband.

A photograph of Thelma Townsend and a friend outside changing cubicles at Dame's Delight bathing place.

A photograph of Tumbling Bay bathing place. Two children can be seen on the slide.

A photograph of Thelma Townsend outside changing cubicles at Dame's Delight, a women-only bathing place.

A reproduction of an entrance ticket for bathing at Parson's Pleasure from the 1960s.

A map of 22 of Oxford's historic river bathing places along the River Thames and River Cherwell.

1. Wolvercote
2. Black Jack's Hole
3. Fiddler's Island
4. Port Meadow Stream
5. Tumbling Bay (aka "Tum")
6. The Sheepwash
7. Boney's Bridge
8.…