Swimming has been a favourite pastime for the young and old for a long time.

These pictures from our archives taken over the years show the different styles of swimwear from the 1960s until the 1990s.

East Anglian Daily Times: The Elmsett Girls Life Brigade swimming team of October 1976.The Elmsett Girls Life Brigade swimming team of October 1976. (Image: EADT Archives)

The 1970s show the Elmsett Girls Life Brigade, whose national organisation has around 9,000 members in England and Wales, with 2,000 leaders to this day.

East Anglian Daily Times: The synchronised swimming team at Woodbridge in March 1987.The synchronised swimming team at Woodbridge in March 1987. (Image: EADT Archives)

While the synchronised women's swimming team in Woodbridge in the 1980s, are pictured here posing together.

East Anglian Daily Times: Action in the swimming pool at a Four Towns sports competition in Bury St Edmunds in May 1976. Do you remember this?Action in the swimming pool at a Four Towns sports competition in Bury St Edmunds in May 1976. Do you remember this? (Image: EADT Archives)

Or were you perhaps part of this team playing water polo in Bury St Edmunds?

East Anglian Daily Times: Members of the Sudbury Swimming Club January 1998Members of the Sudbury Swimming Club January 1998 (Image: EADT Archives)

The Sudbury Swimming Club can also be seen posing out of the water in plain swimsuits the 1990s.

East Anglian Daily Times: East Bideston pupils enjoying the new swimming pool at their school in July 1985East Bideston pupils enjoying the new swimming pool at their school in July 1985 (Image: EADT Archives)

The pupils from the 1980s can also be seen in old-fashioned style swim hats that seem not to fit their heads properly.

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East Anglian Daily Times: British Legion swimming awards in Woodbridge November 1980British Legion swimming awards in Woodbridge November 1980 (Image: EADT Archives)