This download is the only extract the BBC has of this edition of Desert Island Disks. The presenter was Roy Plumley.

Judy, you are a Londoner aren't you?

Yes.

How old were you when you started swimming?

Well, I started splashing around without my rubber ring when I was eight and I joined my club really as a hobby when I was 11.

What was the very first competitive event you took part in?

Well, I think it was a club event and I came in a very poor last splash in my eyes.

Oh, yeah. When did you really start training seriously?

Well, I never really thought about the training seriously. I was ended for small events and I used to train for those.

Then I entered for a larger event and you know, train hard for those.

But I suppose the really most training I've ever done was before the Olympic Games.

When did you first swim abroad?

He was in Denmark. I swim for England. He was my second international and I think was 1955.

While you were still at school?

Yes.

Well, 1955 was a terrific year for you wasn't it? You beat the Champions of Six Nations in the 100 metres back Sturgeon Moscow.

You beat the British record for a hundred yards and you won every possible championship in Britain.

Well, I was very lucky that year.

And you were only 16.

Well, then you were picked for the Olympic team for the following year at Melbourne.

That's you said when you really had to start getting down the way.

How many hours a day did you train before that?

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