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| Picture No | 12907089 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. Branson |
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Mr J. R. B. Branson, a retired lawyer, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him and his views. Sixty-seven year old Mr Branson is seen going for his daily morning run at 6am around Wandsworth Common, living proof that a human can exist on grass alone.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 1 November 1939 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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