The Margate Naked Bathing Incident, 1801

When two men ran naked into the women's bathing room on Margate sands in September 1801 people feared it was either the start of a French invasion or, worse, swimmers from Ramsgate. A hilarious dive into the pomposity of Georgian morals and a hint of the very real fear at the time that Napoleon was about to show up armed to the teeth. 

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