Dear Lynda
I am a sports historian and currently, spookily enough, researching the early history of Kent St Baths for a paper in a Midland Journal.
Birmingham Ladies Amateur Swimming Club was formed in 1884 at Kent Street Baths. I would love to talk to you about Rosalie, I have a lot of her details as well as that of others who were founding members/committe members
Did you know as a matter of interest that the official swimsuit chosen by the ASA was based on the one that the Birmingham ladies wore as their official costume - here is a exert from a paper my partner wrote using my research -
".... using a model costume, provided by the Birmingham Ladies Club, as a guide. It had flat facings of turkey-red twill, buttoned on the shoulders, and gussets under the arms to enable a short sleeve. Its best feature was its cheapness, since it
could be produced in all the various sizes required, in quantities of not less than a dozen, at a fraction over 2s each."
Kindest
Margaret