Swimming - Diving

Mar. 22 The Girls who want to be divers.: The jobs of work and hobbies once regarded as strictly men only are gradually becoming less. The latest sphere to invaded by the fair sex is that of underwater diving and already there are several girls pupils at the Underwater Diving School run by 35 year old Mr Bram Martin at Laughing Waters, Cobham, Kent. Students wear frog-type suits and feet flippers, packing a bottled air supply on their backs. The girls are so keen the even defy the cold winter winds and the icy waters for their lessons. Founder of the school, Bram Martin becomes from Orpingt. After being invalided out of the R.A.F. during the war made a rapid recovery and qualified as a diver and worked in the Mediterranean clearing harbour obstructions. His school is designed to put Britain on a par with other countries in underwater photography and is operated in conjunction with the Sub Aqua Club of London. Photo shows Susan Pearce aged 14 (right) takes a peep at her mother Mrs C.A. Pearce who is having her diving helmet screwed into position for her by Instructor Bram Martin

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