THE CHANNEL SWIM.
GRANDMOTHER TO TRY. An attempt to swim the Channel is to be mado this year by Mrs. E. Craven, of Bath Street, Weymouth, who is 50 and has a small grandchild. 1 Sho is a nurse by profession, and swimming is her hobhv. During the last two winters she has been bathing in Weymouth Bay nearly every day; swimming (o the pierhead and back and defying every sort of weather. Sometimes sho has remained in the water for two hours.. "I shall go to Dover and see a trainer," said Mrs. Craven last month, "but first I shall try and swim from W T eymouth to Lulwortb, a distance of 10 miles."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 12
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115THE CHANNEL SWIM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 12
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