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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 15 January 1914, Page 6

' Those interested in the proposed Fire Brigade Garden .Fete are requested to meet in the Council Chambers next Tuesday evening. "Frederick the Great" (as he called himself) of Frederick Kempster, recently paid a visit to his brother-in-law and sister at Bath (England). 31r Kempster is only 20 years of age, and was born in London* stands 7ft 9£in in Jiis socks, turns the scale at 23st, and measures 50in. across the chest. He can reach to a height of 12ft 3in, and has no difficulty in lighting a pipe or cigarette at a street lamp. His hands measure llin from wrist to the tips of his fingers, and ho\ claims to have a longer span with one baud than any other man in the world. He can cover 16 keys of the piano with ease, and span Bft'2in with his arms. His father is 6ft in height, but his mother is only sft 4in. He, of course, has to be provided with a special sized bed, and has to bend his head to pass through the average doorway.