In
1951, whilst staying at Castlebridge House in Co. Wexford as part
of a shooting party, Sir Hugh Beaver, the
company's
managing director, was involved in a dispute as to
whether the golden plover was Europe's fastest
game bird. Then in 1954,
another argument arose as to whether grouse were faster than
golden plover.
Sir Hugh realised that such questions could arise among people
in pubs and a book that provided answers for
debates such as
these would be of great use to licensees.
Chris Chataway, the record-breaking athlete, was then an
underbrewer at Guinness' Park Royal Brewery in
London. He recommended the ideal people to produce the book - the
twins Norris and Ross McWhirter.
The McWhirters were then running a fact-finding agency in Fleet
Street.
They were commissioned to compile what
became 'The Guinness Book of
Records' and, after a busy year
of
research, the first copy of the 198-page book was
bound on
27th August 1955. It was an instant success.
The Guinness Book of Records English edition is now distributed in 70
different countries with another 22
editions
in foreign languages. |
1935
Guinness Advert
If he can say as
you can
Guinness is good for you
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