However, there was no book to settle arguments about records. It occurred to Sir Hugh that there must have been several other friendly disputes debated nightly in the then '81,400 pubs of Britain and Ireland'. After returning home, they found that no existing reference book could either confirm or deny the theory. Some believed it to be the golden plover, who had evaded their guns that day, while others disagreed. The hunting party, which included Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery Sir Hugh Beaver, argued about the fastest game bird in Europe. This text appears in the 31st edition of the Guinness Book of Records, published between 19. Some golden plovers were missed by the party. On an unknown date in November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (1890-1967) was out shooting on Slob Hill, by the river Slaney in County Wexford in the south-east of Ireland.

Read on to find out why and how the Guinness Book of Records was first created, later to evolve into the global company that Guinness World Records is today.

Just before Christmas, the fact-packed book topped the charts and became a bestseller in the UK thanks to impressive human beings, wonders of nature, jaw-dropping pictures and marvellous scientific facts.Įver since, Guinness World Records has built a reputation as the ultimate authority on record breaking.īut do you know how the Guinness Book of Records came to be? Advertisements

The year is 1955 and, for the first time, the newly published Guinness Book of Records hits the bookstores.

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