Channel Hero Buries Hatchet

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2557

Date Released

1 Sep 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Oil Fire
2. 2Shelsley Walsh Golden Jubilee Hill Climb
3. 3Cyprus Problem Discussed
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6Grand Prix Ends Season
7. 7Rebel Tribesmen Surrender
8. 8Channel Hero Buries Hatchet

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

Bill Pickering of Bloxwich confounds village critics and breaks world’s swim record for England to France crossing.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Dover

Library number

23771

Length of story (in feet)

166

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Address

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Notes

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