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which was invited to take part
in the galas. The day before
an event a section of the dock
was ‘skimmed off’ and a
boom put across the entrance
so ‘nothing else could float
in’. The dock was decorated
with bunting, there were tugs
to undress in and 40 feet of
water to swim in. ‘I used to
love swimming in the dock,’
she remembered, ‘because
although it had been skimmed
it was still very oily and it