Old photo of Mary Wheatland, Bognor Regis, Sussex - see below
Mary Wheatland, Bognor Regis, Sussex, c.1914, Ref- 243 - see below
Old photo of Mary Wheatland, Bognor Regis, Sussex - click to return
Born in 1835 she was a Bathing Woman at Bognor for 62 years
hiring bathing machines from the east of the pier.
She taught women & children to swim & saved 30 lives.
Awarded medals & certificates from the Royal Humane Society.
Mary died in 1924 aged 89.
 
Her small kiosk can be seen in the image below.
 
Old photo of Mary Wheatlands kiosk, Bognor Regis, Sussex - click to return
click image to return - - go to page 1 of this set - - Vintage Trail index
 
 

Keys- Mary Wheatland, celebrated