[2] If adopted later, the order is the same and top colour only a slight shade different from the suffragette flag, devised in 1908 and widely seen until the 1920s.

The club continues to stand firmly against social barriers and has inducted and enhanced the fitness and technical ability of rowers including international-standard oarsmen since the 1960s.

[3] GB Rowing now has many leading athletes who are not alumni of the old, well-endowed schools and universities which set up the earliest competitions in the sport.

Thames Tradesmen compete in the Head of the River Race and its three offshoots for smaller boats than eights each year.

Its size and dedicated long slipway make it attractive to schools and in subscription price for central, west, north-west and south-west London.