Career
She came second in the 1969 Road World Championship road race in Czechoslovakia, 1m 10s behind Audrey McElmury. Bernardette Swinnerton was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the eldest of seven children. Her parents, Roy and Doris Swinnerton, ran a cycle shop in Stoke-on-Trent.
Bernardette Swinnerton retired after 40 years of teaching, spending the last 17 years of her career as a headteacher in Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent.
