National Sideburns Day celebrates the resurgence of sideburns

Beard Liberation Front

11th August 2017

Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266

National Sideburns Day celebrates the resurgence of sideburns

The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with National Sideburns Day on Sunday it is running a snap poll to judge the best sideburns ever.

The seventh National Sideburns Day is on 11th August, reflecting the growing popularity of a range of facial hair styles.

National Sideburns Day was originally held to mark Bradley Wiggins Olympic victory in 2012

The campaigners say that sideburns, sometimes known as mutton chops, and named after US Civil War General Ambrose Burnside were often worn by Victorian politicians

Bradley Wiggins reinvented the post-1945 tradition of sideburns from Elvis Presley to Noddy Holder and the late Lemmy and Alvin Stardust, turned them into something no self-respecting hipster would be without

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this year National Sideburns Day underlinez the resilience of the style over centuries of changing facial hair fashions

 

Best Sideburns Ever poll 2019

The poll closes at 3pm on 11th August

 

Best Sideburns ever poll 2019

Noddy Holder (musician)

Lemmy (musician)

General Burnside

Alvin Stardust (singer)

Bradley Wiggins (sportsman)

Glen Campbell (singer)

Isaac Asimov (author)

Elvis Presley (singer)

Jack Nicholson (actor)

Tom Jones (singer)

Joe Strummer (musician)

Henry Winkler (The Fonz)

Brian Hibbard (Flying Pickets)

Amos Brearly (Emmerdale)

Merv Hughes (cricketer)

Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry)

Trevor Bolder (musician)