James Blake taught swimming to locals in early 1900sHistoricalLarge sepia photo of 6 women in bathing costumes and caps, standing in a row with a man in bathers sitting at the front with his arms crossed. Segregated swimming baths in the background. Small sepia photo of 2 men in bathers standing in water at rear, with a woman in bathers and cap. Girl in bathers and cap at the front. Wooden piles of swimming baths in the background.James Joseph Blake gave swimming lessons to these beach belles on Bayview beach [ opposite Mad Cowes] Segregated baths in the background.james joseph blake, swiiming, swimming baths, photographs, cowes baths