All in the family
Cross-Channel swims have a lengthly history, and one Folkestone family has had a front row seat since the 1920s. Words by Elaine K Howley
On 2 September 1926, Norman Leslie Derham of Southend, England, entered the water at Cap Gris Nez at 3.15pm and began swimming strongly toward Dover.
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