Ok then folks I'm putting this out THERE to the greater cosmos, ONE of you is bound to know something more than I do at this moment. I think its about 1938 (yes I know VERY few of you were around then) and I know for a fact that the gentleman front row right is my Dad. I also have a high confidence that this is a group of Swimmers from the Plaistow (United, unsure if this part was applicable then) Swimming Club. Probably the Water Polo team. Now What ALL the silver ware relates to, - No Idea. As to WHO the rest of the team are, again - No Idea, except that one of them MIGHT be Reginald James Cushing Sutton. So over to you, the usual internet (Google etc) searches have drawn a blank and the one group that might help (Plaistow United Swimming Club, on FB) have been unresponsive so far. Its been of my FB page since about 13:00 hrs 21/07/2013 so lets see who comes up with some answers (proof of answer would be nice). Thanks Lads.

And the winner of the best mankini goes to ..................

try the forum link on the below website?
http://www.newhamstory.com/node/1997

Could be worth a posting and see what comes back

Regards
Rob

Your dad's name could help in a search combined with Reginald James Cushing Sutton.

Well if nothing else I seem to have managed to find Reginald James Cushing Sutton's daughter through Ancestry.co.uk, apparently the family now live in Australia and he was a Doctor. Just waiting to hear back from her now.