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I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time I loved it out of season and when it was rough.

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
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Josephine Grace Brand
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