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Channel Swimmers ? 1928


RichardB

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Did they Lift the Cup.

A DIFFICULT CUP TO LIFT

P.I.P.: Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England), Saturday, July 18, 1908;

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Mr and Mrs Sill* of Sheffield, Channel swimmers. (* nearest guess).

(Not a MASSIVE amount to go on ...)

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Twenty possibilities with the Surname Sills showing in Sheffield in the 1911 Census.

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Mrs Ivy Gill, 24 year old, of Sheffield in fifth of her sex to accomplish feat.

October 14th 1927.

Took 15 hours, 9 minutes and she lost a stone during the swim.

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Mr and Mrs Sill* of Sheffield, Channel swimmers. (* nearest guess).

(Not a MASSIVE amount to go on ...)

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