Welgar Shredded Wheat - Welgar Presents World Wonders

1952

Welgar Presents World Wonders

Welgar Shredded Wheat

11 cut outs (4 football)

These items are cut from the back panel of Shredded Wheat boxes. These collectable items seem to be a forerunner to the famous Guinness Book of World Records, first published in 1954, though I can't find any connection with Ross and Norris McWhirter. The twins did run an agency to provide facts and figures, in Norris McWhirter's own words: "to supply facts and figures to newspapers, yearbooks, encyclopaedias, and advertisers". The list is incomplete and although the highest number here is 11, I don't know how many different ones were published.

1.  The Best Ever Milking Cow; Our Rarest Penny; The Coldest Place on Earth; World's Greatest Juggler - Enrico Rastelli

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3.  World's Fastest Speedboat; The Largest Recorded Sun-Spot; The Most Prized Fur in the World - Chinchilla; The Strongest Man in the World

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5.  The World's Fastest Marathon Runner - Jim Peters; World's Longest Tug-o'-War; England's Rarest Mammal; The Heaviest of all Metals - showing a football

6.  World's Greatest Tobogganist - Billy Fiske; World's Best Laying Hen; Building Most Frequently Struck by Lightning; Britain's Most Decorated Lifeboat Man - Coxwain Henry Blogg

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8.  Earth's Largest Living Creature; Britain's Top Scoring Air Ace - Major Edward Mannock; Longest  Delayed Parachute Drop; Football's Greatest Scorer - J. Petrie (Arbroath v Bon Accord)

9.  Highest Ever Priced Stamp. England's Most Capped Footballer - Billy Wright - Wolverhampton Wanderers; World's Biggest Bell; World's Highest Flying Rocket

10.  Highest Ever Transfer Fee - Hans Jeppson (Atalanta to Napoli); World's Fastest Land Animal; World's Largest Submarine, World's Deepest Hole 

11.  World's Fastest Motor-Cyclist; Longest Throw with Cricket Ball - R. Percival; World's Fastest Morse Operator; The Nearest Star