Downstream

from France to England and
in 1934 from England to
France. Tammy, who trained
at Leigh Creek, was 6 feet 2
inches and weighed 200
pounds and was said to ‘romp
across the surface of the sea
like a porpoise’. He was also
a member of the British water
polo team at two Olympic
Games.
Other would-be Channel
swimmers similarly came to
Southend to train, such as