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off . . . And then I think that
will be enough records for
me.’ It doesn’t look like this
was successful and, when
Derham died at the age of
forty-seven, the local paper
described him as ‘Southend’s
greatest ever swimmer’. His
club, Southend-On-Sea
Swimming Club, still exists
today; members train in
indoor pools not in the
Thames, and it has fielded a
number of Olympic