Mercedes Gleitze’s blue plaque unveiling – Press Features

HOT OFF THE PRESS, We are so grateful for the National and Local media support we have had the last few days for Mercedes Gleitze’s blue plaque unveiling. Featured Articles: The Times, The Daily Mail, ITV News, The Argus (front page).Thank you for following our journey. On Monday 24th January, open water swimming pioneer, Mercedes […]

Mercedes Gleitze Blue Plaque ceremony in Brighton

On Monday 24th January, open water swimming pioneer, Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel, was honoured with a blue plaque commemorating her achievements, at 124 Freshfield Road, Brighton; the place of her birth and from where she first learnt to swim as a child off Brighton […]