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Ye Ancient Order of Froth Blowers: a fraternity of people not opposed to the drinking of alcohol who collected money for the charitable interests of Sir Alfred Fripp - surgeon to King George V. To show his gratitude for life-saving surgery a patient, Herbert Temple, thought up this 'spoof' Order as a means of raising £100 for Sir Alfred's East End children's charities. In the five years from late-1924 to early-1930 (when Sir Alfred Fripp died) over £100,000 was raised for his causes by membership fees and fines at local functions.