1927 DEEP DESCENT
Fifteen-year-old diver George Knight, one of the youngest professional divers in the world, poses with a man believed to be his father - also a diver. George is thought to have been carrying out underwater repairs on Brighton Pier at the time this photograph was taken. To his left is a Siebe Gorman 12 bolt helmet - one of the most popular diving helmets in this period. The rope to his right suggests that his only way of communicating with those above water was by using pull signals.
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