The Grand Junction Canal Co intend putting a stop to the indecent bathing which has been indulged in of late in the canal in Rickmansworth and any person found committing the offence will be prosecuted. It is not unlikely the canal authorities will prohibit bathing altogether.

[From the Watford Observer of July 7, 1894]

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