UK's tallest man finds a bed
16/07/2008
Britain's tallest man has ended his search to find a comfortable night's sleep, the Hartlepool Mail has reported.
Neil Fingleton, a 7ft 7in tall County Durham man found a willing bed maker in Hartlepool when a local company agreed to create a bed that would accommodate him.
The 27-year-old, who had a basketball scholarship for an American university for ten years, could break another record by having the biggest custom-made bed in Europe when the finished product is created - measuring 10ft 6in by 6ft 6in.
Mr Fingleton could not believe his luck after the discovery and told the Hartlepool Mail: "It's quite mad - I was searching the country for months and a small company in Hartlepool could do it. I thought it was nice that it was on my back doorstep."
The bed will be upholstered with ostrich skin, will take three men to make and five men to deliver it.
Last month the 7ft 6in Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, who plays for the Houston Rockets, pledged his bed to an online Olympic auction.
