Stories pet's association his life be off perspective counter dogs lived Guildford. Public servant Penycate was Guildford Borough's first female chief officer, and first chief librarian until it was taken over by the county. She contributed to local causes including serving on the board of the Arnaud Theatre from its inception, acted as secretary of the local Worker's Education Association chaired the Surrey Division of the South East Gas Consultative Council for which she was awarded MBE 1984, and retirement chaired the Guildford retired Local Government Officers' Association. She was widow of former Surrey Advertiser editor Penycate with whom she founded the nationwide federation of Playgoers' Societies The amateur swimmer and record breaker continues to amaze his competitors. At the age of 95 February 2009 not only broke the world record for his 200m backstroke time by a staggering 43 seconds, he also set two freestyle and three backstroke records on the same day the Amateur Swimming Association Masters group for 95 to 99 year olds. The Elstead resident achieved his record breaking swims at the Isle of Wight Masters competition despite having undergone two spinal operations the last four years. has established swimming excellence it seems all the groups he joins, with records made during his time spent previously both the masters 85 to 89 and 90 to 94 age groups. I do joke that new group I could spend all day doing it and still be the fastest British swimmer, but I'm very proud that I was the fastest the world, he said. A leading amateur swimmer during his time with the Navy, he continues to be a member of the Navy Swimming Club as well as the Godalming swimming Club and puts down his determination to having been beaten by 84-year-old when he started competing at the age of 79. is the only Briton the Amateur Swimming Association's Masters group aged 95 to 99 and is proven to be the world's fastest competitor. Source: Surrey Advertiser 13th 2009 Undertaking her vows as a Catholic sister the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood 1933 McBrien, following training as a midwife London, worked at the Mount Alvernia Hospital nursing homes Guildford and Godalming from 1940 to 1947. 1947 she joined what was to be aborted attempt to establish a mission when the Communists undertook their offensive to take control of the country. At the close of WWII McBrien was instrumental establishing a mission Singapore to help the treatment of tuberculosis patients left behind after the Japanese retreat. She was to remain Singapore for 22 years and oversaw the construction of a Mount Alvernia hospital the enclave. Welsh-born aircraft designer Richards, having spent the war years working at the National Physical Laboratory charge of aerofoil research, joined the Weybridge aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrong where 1945 he was appointed Chief Aerodynamicist. Responsible for the aerodynamic design of the Viking, Viscount and Valiant aircraft he developed interest aircraft noise that would lead him to become one of the country's leading exponents of aircraft design and a world authority on noise acoustics. 1950 he took the new Chair of Aeronautical Engineering at Southampton University and as Professor of Applied Acoustics set up the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research 1963. London-born left school at 15 to join the merchant navy where he developed interest electrical engineering. Funding himself through night school to provide himself with the necessary expertise he founded Dickson a company that sold and installed radios and televisions until his call-up WWII. These early beginnings were to the entrepreneur and businessman achieve millionaire status by the age of 38 principally through the outstanding success of the Kenwood Chef food mixer he had invented and patented 1950. His company Kenwood sold eight million units before he was ousted a hostile takeover by Thorn Electrical Industries 1968,