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Ever wondered what the world’s top 50 craziest clubs are? Well your long hellish wait is over. Leading English humourist Julian Dutton (‘The Big Impression,’ ‘Scoop’, ‘Secret World,’ 'Truly Madly Bletchley,' 'The Harpoon,') has been travelling the earth, from the icy slopes of Finland to the deserted foothills of Perivale, from the back-streets of Chicago to the upper hinterlands of West Bromwich, seeking out the most bizarre organisations who’ve ever parked their normality outside a scout hut, removed their anoraks and declared – meeting open!
The results of his amazing journey are recorded in this volume, described as 'Laugh- out-loud' by Vince Cable. Here you will meet the Middlesex Advanced Rocketry Society, the Arctic Morris Dancing Club of Helsinki, and the Semi-Colon Appreciation League. You will dance with the Polynesian Islanders who worship Prince Philip as a God, cheer on a Subbuteo Football Cup Final, and knock back sake at a Stag Beetle Fight in a cellar in Old Tokyo. You’ll become lifelong friends with a Dutch Balloon Twister, get some clandestine exercise with a Hotel Bed Jumper, and enjoy a slippery handshake with the Chairman of the United Kingdom Lubricants Association…
Mysterious Clubs of centuries past are also investigated. Did you know that beggars of the eighteenth century had a Trade Union? That there was a Society of Misers?
Packed with illustrations - described as ‘illustrations’ by Newt Gingrich - 'The World's Top 50 Craziest Clubs' is a joyous celebration of eccentricity, a must for all those whose lives are quite frankly rubbish if they’re not seeking out the fantastical, the obsessive, and – in the case of the Telegraph Pole Appreciation Society – the borderline unhinged.
“Makes Louis Theroux’s ‘Weird Weekends’ seem like being trapped in a sort of grey room without windows,” – Jeanette Krankie.
“A light and humorous addition to any railway journey.” – The Aga Khan.
“I bought the book thinking it was the Haynes manual for the Rover 216! Imagine my surprise and delight when I found it was the first ever compendium of the world’s most eccentric clubs!” – Cher.
The results of his amazing journey are recorded in this volume, described as 'Laugh- out-loud' by Vince Cable. Here you will meet the Middlesex Advanced Rocketry Society, the Arctic Morris Dancing Club of Helsinki, and the Semi-Colon Appreciation League. You will dance with the Polynesian Islanders who worship Prince Philip as a God, cheer on a Subbuteo Football Cup Final, and knock back sake at a Stag Beetle Fight in a cellar in Old Tokyo. You’ll become lifelong friends with a Dutch Balloon Twister, get some clandestine exercise with a Hotel Bed Jumper, and enjoy a slippery handshake with the Chairman of the United Kingdom Lubricants Association…
Mysterious Clubs of centuries past are also investigated. Did you know that beggars of the eighteenth century had a Trade Union? That there was a Society of Misers?
Packed with illustrations - described as ‘illustrations’ by Newt Gingrich - 'The World's Top 50 Craziest Clubs' is a joyous celebration of eccentricity, a must for all those whose lives are quite frankly rubbish if they’re not seeking out the fantastical, the obsessive, and – in the case of the Telegraph Pole Appreciation Society – the borderline unhinged.
“Makes Louis Theroux’s ‘Weird Weekends’ seem like being trapped in a sort of grey room without windows,” – Jeanette Krankie.
“A light and humorous addition to any railway journey.” – The Aga Khan.
“I bought the book thinking it was the Haynes manual for the Rover 216! Imagine my surprise and delight when I found it was the first ever compendium of the world’s most eccentric clubs!” – Cher.
