Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
29th June
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Tottenham cheesemaker Philip Wilton shaves Michael Eavis for Beard of Summer 2019 Award
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with National Beard Week concluding on Saturday 29th June the vote for the Beard of Summer has seen Tottenham cheesemaker Philip Wilton shave Michael Eavis, the founder of Glastonbury for the coveted Beard of Summer 2019 title.
Michael Eavis won Beard of the Decade in 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8433768.stm
Philip Wilton makes cheese at Wildes Cheese in Tottenham a few minutes from Spurs White Hart Lane Stadium and one of only a handful of London cheesemakers.
The campaigners say that Beard of Summer is the third of four seasonal Awards culminating in the coveted Beard of the Year in December.
The seasonal lists focus on those whose beards have made a positive impact in the public eye during the preceding weeks.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, congratulations go to Philip Wilton who has shaved Michael Eavis to conclusively win Beard of Summer in an on-line poll. Both are excellent ambassadors for the hirsute
Beard of Summer 2019
Stephen Kinnock, politician
Michael Eavis, Glastonbury founder
Michael Rosen, author & broadcaster
Philip Wilton, Tottenham cheesemaker
Lowkey, performer
Philip Ardagh, author
Mark Wood, cricketer
Aidan Turner, actor
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