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Thread #85927 Message #2447401
Posted By: GUEST,Friends of the Froth Blowers
22-Sep-08 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Anyone heard of 'The Cheerful Sparrows'?
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone heard of 'The Cheerful Sparrows'?
One of the many charitable spin-offs of the amazingly successful 'Ancient Order of Froth Blowers' (1924-31) which attracted 700,000 members in its first four years , and raised over £100,000 for Sir Alfred Fripp's children's charities. The 'Brotherhood of Cheerful Sparrows' flourished in the mid-to-late-30's and, according to Google, still has a Charity Cup competed for in Thanet.