Downstream

must have been when Lily
Smith entered the male
sporting arena – and actually
swam alongside men in the
River Thames from
Richmond to Blackfriars. But
as with Eileen Lee, I can find
very little on her life, except
two images, both from
between 1910 and 1915. In
one she stands with Brickett,
while the other is a portrait of
a powerfully built, clear-eyed
young woman with long