Rosemary George bathing Jon Ericson

A black and white photograph of Jon Ericson in a bath tub having his hair washed by a Rosemary George, standing above him, presumably to get the grease off after having completed a channel swim. Rosemary swam the Channel in 1961 England to France. in a time of 21 hrs 35 mins.  In 1967 she swam from France to England in a time of, 17 hrs 50 mins. She also had four unsuccessful swims.  1957, 13 hrs 30 min.  1958. 10 hrs 52 min.  1959, 15 hrs 36 mins.  These were all Billy Butlin swims.1960, 21 hrs 10 min.  She was 800 yds from the beach when she finished, one hour earlier she was 400 yds from the beach Jon Erikson swam the Channel two ways non stop, in 1975 time 30 hrs,  in 1979 time 22 hrs 16 mins,  in 1981 he swam a three way non stop, in a time of 38 hrs 27 mins.He also had three successful solo swims England to France and one solo swim France to England.

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