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BIRMINGHAM
IN TROUBLE
OYER HIPS
- Daily Mirror World Service v
LONDON. — Birmingham
women have been wondering
for ypars why they couldn't
get a. dress off the peg. like
other women.; ln the United
Kingdom. ,
7;The . answer has now . bpen
supplied to them by a survey
conducted by the city's leading
fashion houses. They " an
nounce: V ; . "The! . Birmingham
woman -is slightly shorter and
rather fuller than the national
average.'.', ; :
; r- Said an expert,- puzzled:
, "No one knows why the
" Birmingham: figure . is. dlffl-
> cidjt. : ;;.'It-. might .be something
to do, however, .with new .
- regulations in factories. -
; - "Almost all ; the . girls in
Birmingham sit doWn while
they work mowadays— and that
Is bound tq have ap awful re-
teultih the: end." .7 .. : ,
Birmingham's average mea
surements: ; Height 5ft. 24in;,
bust 35in., wafet 29in. and hips
40 to 4i. The trouble is around |
. the hips. > - v v > >> - . : - : aa
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