race in the Thames in twenty
minutes forty-eight seconds.
The fact that 50 per cent of
Thames lightermen couldn’t
swim at the time must have
made such an
accomplishment even more
impressive. In 1934 Bartle
won bronze in the 4×110
yards freestyle relay at the
Empire Games and
represented Britain in the
European Games in
Germany. She later gave a
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