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after that I shall continue to
help my mother at home.’ In
1929 she tried to swim from
England to France but had to
give up three miles from the
end. The following year she
was demonstrating her stroke
at the opening of Surbiton
Lagoon.
‘Ivy has inspired me,’ says
Rebecca Rouillard, ‘and
made me grateful for my
neoprene wetsuit and my fog-
resistant swimming goggles.’