Mr. J. B. Humphrey, 54, ail unemployed Preston mail, who weighs 16st., on August 16 swain the length of Lake Windermere, from Waterhead Bay, Amblcside, to Lakeside, a distance of just over 11 miles, in lOhrs. 4min. He thus broke the record of llhrs. 29min. set up in 1911 by Mr. J. 1). Foster, of Oldham, the only' m@n previously to accomplish the feat.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18203, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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