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(Jeff_L) #1

Parker in the middle of the
‘greatest metropolis in the
world’ swimming their hearts
out.
The same month that Parker
reached Blackwall Pier, she
also swam from London
Bridge to North Woolwich
Gardens, using her ‘favourite
chest stroke’ and covering
around ten and a quarter
miles. The Morning Post
reported the tide was
‘moderately good, but the

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