The lifesaving Mermaid of Bognor Regis, Mary Wheatland
Mary Wheatland (1835-1924) - a well known Bognor Regis Character, a woman who hired bathing machines from the east of the pier. She taught children to swim and saved many lives for which she received medals and recognition from the Royal Humane Society. Crowds would gather at the groyne to the east of the pier to watch her swim in her serge suit. She delighted in standing upside down so that just her boots protruded from the sea
Picture No
11773129
Media ID
46701864
Size
3412px x 5394px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Photograph by William Pankhurst Marsh (1850-1918) reproduced on a postcard
Date
1907
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