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S4 Ep7: Trudie Conquers the Channel

Coastal Stories by Audioboom

Jun 10, 202217:42Society & Culture

By 1926 only five people had ever succeeded in swimming the English Channel. Then a 19 year old ukulele-toting gal from New York showed up in France with a swimsuit, a gramophone and a whole bunch of world swimming recor...

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S4 Ep7: Trudie Conquers the Channel is an episode from Coastal Stories by Audioboom. By 1926 only five people had ever succeeded in swimming the English Channel. Then a 19 year old ukulele-toting gal from New York showed up in France with a...

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Published Jun 10, 2022, 17:42 long, audio available.

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By 1926 only five people had ever succeeded in swimming the English Channel. Then a 19 year old ukulele-toting gal from New York showed up in France with a swimsuit, a gramophone and a whole bunch of world swimming records. This week's episode is an extract from Charlie's book 'The Channel', the paperback edition of which is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on June 23rd.

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Published Jun 10, 2022 and 17:42 long