Ruston Lander, 6ft 1inPhotograph: Barry LewisAndy Speller, 6ft 9in. 'Clothing is the main problem ... I had some checked trousers made when they were the height of fashion for about six months but I had to wear them for two years'Photograph: Barry LewisRosamund Beattie, 6ft 4in. Rosamund says the stereotyoe that tall women can't get a date is wrong. "I dated someone who was 5ft 7in, " she recalls. "He said it was like going out with a supermodel"Photograph: Barry Lewis
Ross Sambridge, 7ft. When asked by children to prove he's not walking on stilts, Ross pulls up a trouser leg, though some refuse to believe him even after seeing a genuine kneePhotograph: Barry LewisHelen Porter, 6ft 4inPhotograph: Barry LewisLindsay Benjamin, 6ft 3inPhotograph: Barry LewisJackie Timbs, 6ft 1inPhotograph: Barry LewisChris Burgess, 6ft 10inPhotograph: Barry LewisMichael Harper, 6ft 5inPhotograph: Barry LewisLouise Ross, 6ft 3in. 'There are idiots who think it's about superiority,' says Ross. 'You're tall, fancy a fight?' Well, no'Photograph: Barry Lewis
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