The tallest men now living in the British Isles are the villagers of Balmaclellan, in Galloway, whose average height is sft 10%in,” says Dr William Robinson, of Sunderland Infirmary, in the British Medical measurements of a giant who vicsited him at the age of 20, and was still growing :—Height 7ft Bin, weight 22st. This man had a huge lower jaw. From the wrist joint to the tip of his fingers measured ll%in, and the hand was 6in wide., His thumb nail was 1 l-Bin His great ambition was to live long enough to outgrow Chang, the Chinese giant, who was Bft 4in high. Secretaries of shows, concerts, (ports, etc., should always get quotes for printing from the “Times” ofiitt®-
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 643, 21 June 1921, Page 10
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