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Club born of segregation stays in the swim

Jacquelynn Puriefoy-Brinkley felt no sense of triumph when she walked through the door of the shuttered swim club. President at the time of the Yeadon Borough Council, she felt only a sweep of emotion so overpowering that she had to escape. She hurried out the door.

Campers from the Hickman Temple school get a safety lesson before taking to the water atthe Nile Swim Club of Yeadon. The club hopes to begin a major renovation project in 2011.
Campers from the Hickman Temple school get a safety lesson before taking to the water atthe Nile Swim Club of Yeadon. The club hopes to begin a major renovation project in 2011.Read moreED HILLE / Staff Photographer
    by Kristin E. Holmes, Inquirer Staff Writer
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