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The Ancient Order of Froth Blowers |
The definitive history of the AOFB has now been
published and is available to buy – NOW!
Priced at £5
Friend
of the Froth Blowers meeting in Peterborough 5th May
Contact us for more
details. Or visit
the Pub History Society Diary Dates for details
The Ancient Order of Froth Blowers.
So
what’s it all about then?
Read
on!
During the 1920’s an
organisation was set up to raise money for various charities. People formed local
branches to generate sums of money for good causes (and it would seem have a
good time!). This was to be the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers.
Unfortunately, the whole
organisation disappeared in the early 1930’s and virtually no trace could be
found anywhere. Although there does appear to be a small number of us who have
found articles in occasional magazines. Sometimes membership booklets, cuff
links and mascots surface.
Over the last couple of
years we have had a dozen or so enquiries about the AOFB and so we thought that
a special webpage should be devoted to the organisation. We invite anyone with
knowledge of the Order to leave comments in our guestbook.
This website has been set
up as part of the Pub History Society website to hopefully encourage input from
interested visitors to the site.
The
Membership Booklet describes the AOFB as:-
`A sociable and law abiding fraternity of absorbitive Britons who sedately consume and quietly enjoy
with commendable regularity and frequention the truly
British malted beverage as did their forbears and as Brittons
ever will, and be damned to all pussyfoot hornswogglers
from overseas and including low brows, teetotalers and MP`s
and not excluding nosey parkers, mock religious busy bodies and suburban fool
hens all of which are structurally solid bone from the chin up`
Who can argue with that!
The
Friends of the Frothblowers (F.O.F.B) has now been
set up and Ian Brown of the Holly Lane Vat has set
up his own site. Why not visit.
Why not listen to the Friends of the Frothblowers
having a go at singing the anthem. This was recorded at the Lamb Inn,
Listen
here – an MP3 player will be required
Read the lyrics of the anthem here
Have a look at our
Gallery:-
Photos
of some of the people we have found that had connections to the AOFB
Photos
of some AOFB Memorabilia
Short
article by Steve Williams about the AOFB
Sir Alfred Fripp
was the founder of the Froth Blowers along with his good friend, Bert Temple.
There is a dedicated page to the Fripp family here
that shows photos of the man who started it all.
If you have information about any aspect of the
Froth Blowers please leave a message on our Guestbook.
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