Reading Charles Buchan's News Chronicle Football Annual 1935/6 (price 3d) the other day and I came across a remarkable advert.
"Short people can be made taller with a box of Challoner's Famous Formula HTN tablets" it claimed.
By way of testimony, E.H. of Sutton is quoted, presumably with unintended irony: "Results beyond expectation and I am as pleased as Punch." Presumably Mr. Punch, the well-known, diminutive puppet and spouse of Judy?
For those who may be interested the Chronicle's Four Players of 1934-5 were Derby and England centre-half J. Barker ("combines a determined defence with an aggressive attacking policy, his accurate swinging passes to the wings being a great feature"); R. Westwood, inside left of Bolton Wanderers known for his "thrustful dribbling and clever passing"; D. Duncan, Derby County and Scotland's outside left, with the "uncanny knack of taking the ball in his stride and beating his opponent"; and George Male of The Arsenal and England, "of the rugged type, he tackles strongly and kicks a judicious length."
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