Guinness World Records: Reaching for The Stars: Reaching for The Stars

By RICHARDSON JADARIUS

The idea came about in the early 1950's when Sir Hugh Beaver (1890-1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford. There, he and his hosts argued about the fastest game bird in Europe, and failed to find an answer in any reference book.* In 1954, recalling his shooting party argument, Sir Hugh had the idea for a Guinness promotion based on the idea of settling pub arguments and invited the twins Norris (1925-2004) and Ross McWhirter (1925-75) who were fact-finding researchers from Fleet Street to compile a book of facts and figures. Guinness Superlatives was incorporated on 30 November and the office opened in two rooms in a converted gymnasium on the top floor of Ludgate House, 107 Fleet Street.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09JRTXYZT
• ISBN13: 9798499598719
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"