Stay in the loop with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up for one of our free newsletters here.The 20-stone former builder, who has a 60.9cm neck, first realised he had a talent for balancing heavy objects in the 1960s when he was working as a labourer.John devised an 18-inch piece of floorboard so he could carry 24 bricks and balance them on his head - whilst climbing up ladders.After realising he had competition from former World's Strongest Man Geoff Capes - who had managed also to lift 24 bricks - John went on to lift a mammoth 36 bricks.His astonishing feat soon attracted media attention from the UK and around the world and he still remains a TV host for the German Guinness World Records programme.He added: "I have had an amazing career so far, all this from just carrying bricks when I was a bricklayer's labourer when I was 18."My neighbours thought I was weird at first but I'm renowned for it now all over the world.".
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