Ms Lucy Janes

My PhD project is a social and cultural history of swimming in Glasgow, 1850 to 1950.

I am investigating and contextualising the cultural and social history of swimming as a popular leisure pursuit in Glasgow for 100 years from 1850 to 1950.

I'm using archive, literary and historical sources to uncover the intangible history of swimming culture, as well as investigating the surviving built heritage of sites of swimming

The work will assess the experiences of diverse men, women and children who swam in the River Clyde, private baths and clubs and public swimming pools.

Writing and broadcasts

Read about my research in this article on The Conversation website. focused on how rediscovering Glasgow’s history of urban swimming could help shape the future of swimmable cities: https://theconversation.com/from-the-clyde-to-the-seine-rediscovering-glasgows-history-of-urban-swimming-could-help-shape-the-future-of-swimmable-cities-234747

I contributed to episode four of the 'Who Owns the Clyde?' podcast presented by Louise Welsh and Jude Barber which explores river rights and access to waterways https://podfollow.com/who-owns-the-clyde/view .

As part of the commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the closure and protest occupation of the Govanhill Baths I contributed to a Radio Four programme in the Archive on 4 series called The People's Pool https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zg1s

And wrote an article for the Greater Govanhill Magazine as part of a three part series called 'Who Gets to Swim? https://www.greatergovanhill.com/latest/glasgows-swimming-culture-before-public-pools