ATV Today: 14.03.1972: Giantess Story - Jane Bunford

Summary

Item about Jane Bunford, who is Britain's tallest recorded person. She died in 1922 and it is alleged that her skeleton is now housed at the University of Birmingham Medical School.

Year:

1972

Duration:

0:07:20

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Extract from Derek Hobson interview (2 February 1972) with Mrs Booth who was a family friend of Jane Bunford who claims that the skeleton of Jane was not in the coffin when she was buried. Bev Smith interview with a man who was the grave digger at St Michael's and All Angels Church at Bartley Green in Birmingham where Jane was buried. He talks about the controversy over whether her skeleton was in the coffin. John Swallow interview with Jane's cousin Jim Andrews, who is convinced that the skeleton held by the medical school is Jane's. Finally there is an interview with the current vicar of St Michael's and All Angels about the possibility of exhuming the coffin.


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Notes

Part from ATV Today 2 February 1972