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CROWDS CHEER ON CHRISTMAS DAY SWIMMERS
Hundreds of onlookers havj gathered to
cheer on about 60 swimmers who plunged
into the English Channel for a
traditional Chriwtmas Day dip.
Spectatorw lined the beach at Brighton,
East Sussjx, as bathers aged from 11 to
65, took toathe sea.
The annual ritual was founded in 1860
by Brighton Swimming Club.
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Intrepid swimmers have also taken to
the water in the Serpentine in London's
Hyde Park and at Porthcawl, south Wales
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