Long history, long road back to blue beachfront jewel

By Staff Reporter | Published May 5, 2024

Originally known as the Beach Baths, the facility opened in the early 1900s, is this week’s feature on the city’s old and new. It was renamed after Rachel Finlayson, who founded the Cygnus Ladies Swimming Club in 1909 and was the 1928 Olympic swimming team coach for South Africa and the official chaperone to SA’s women swimmers for 27 years.