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Lady Swimmers of the 1920s
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm.
In the Roaring Twenties, women's swimming was a glamorous sport and the best athletes were household names around the world. In 1928, three British swimmers - Joyce Cooper, Jean McDowell and Cissie Stewart - took the Amsterdam Olympics by storm. They shared their memories with the oral historian, Anita Tedder. The programme is a Whistledown Production. It was first broadcast in 2011.
Photo: The British women's team in Holland.
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