Beard Liberation Front
25th March
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has sent 76th birthday greetings to Paul Mackney.
Mackney was declared joint Beard of the Year along with cricketer Freddie Flintoff in 2005.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jan/04/furthereducationdiary.furthereducation
He was General Secretary of NATFHE at the time and then became briefly joint General Secretary of the then newly formed UCU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mackney
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we’re sending virtual beard power to Paul Mackney on his 76th birthday. He was one of the great early supporters of and advisers to the Beard Liberation Front and we’re pleased that he and his beard remain very much intact.
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