Man's World Issue 1 SFW Version

In this extract from his sophomore book, Three Lives of Golden Age Bodybuilders, Raw
Egg Nationalist describes the life and achievements of Reg Park, one of bodybuilding's
first real superstars and the founder of the original Man's World magazine.
England, 1951. The country is still in the grip of
austerity, half a decade after the massive
exertions of the Second World War have
come to an end. Food rationing is still in
place. In London and other cities the remains
of bombed-out buildings are still to be
cleared. Scraggy-looking children with dirty
faces play in the rubble.
Along a Camden street parades an enormous
young man, a beautiful young lady on each
arm. People stop and stare as they pass. He
wears what must be a custom sports jacket –
no tailor would stock an off-the-peg jacket
with those proportions! Look at those
shoulders, almost as wide as the pavement!
The shutter closes. A perfect picture.
With his slick hair, chiselled jaw and winning
smile, is this handsome young man a flash of
California sunshine, in rainy old England?
You might think so – after all that’s where
the world’s biggest and most famous muscle
men come from – but, no, this young man is
not from California. He’s taken the train
down from Leeds, a northern city not known
for its agreeable climate. This is Reg Park,
England’s home-grown Mr Universe.
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