Sharp, Miss Hilda 'Laddie'

Hilda “Laddie” Sharp swam the channel on Friday 28th August 1928 starting at 12:50am at Calais and reached Dover (Lydden Spout) at 04:48pm the same day, total crossing time was 14hrs 58mins. A nursemaid living 73 Leahurst Road in Hither Green, Lewisham

Hilda Winifred ‘Laddie’ Sharp born 1910 at Bromley, Kent. Married Ernest S Smith at Medway, Kent 1931. Died Portsmouth 1991