The British Thong Society: February 2007

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The BTS on Radio 4

Listeners to Radio 4 are in for a treat this afternoon. Our own vice chairman, Eliot Barnacle, can be heard discussing the work of the BTS on 'Down Your Way'. Mr. Barnacle, who kindly stepped in last week when Sir Jones was unable to be interviewed due to his recent poor health, talks about a wide range of subjects as the history of the BTS, the health benefits of thongs, and the work we're doing in third world countries.

The programme begins at 2.30pm.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Henrietta His Birmingham

Henrietta Tarbuck reached Birmingham today but has admitted her walk is much harder than she expected. 'The thong is holding up well,' she told us by telephone, 'but my father is already on his third pair of underpants. It really does go to show that when it comes to hard wearing underwear, you really can't go wrong with something that fits tightly between your cheeks.'

The trek began at Land's End in January and though she had been delayed, Herietta believes she will finish her walk before the end of next month.

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The British Thong Society was established in 1912 by Sir Henry Peel, who during his travels in the East, discovered the real and practical benefits of wearing the G string. The society soon had a select membership which included H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, and polar explorer Captain Scott. Over the years, the Society has run events promoting thong wearing across the UK and in 1988 played host to the Duke of Edinburgh at the Society’s club in London.

The Society continues its activities, many of which are charitable and help the underprivileged. We donate over 3000 thongs to the poor each year and have recently opened offices in New York and Los Angeles, hoping to export our message across the globe.

Our Founder

Sir Henry Peel was one of the greatest minds of the late Victorian age. He was an explorer, discovering some of the remotest tribes of South America, and travelled widely in the East, including China and Japan where he was one of the earliest Europeans to adopt the wearing of the fundoshi.

Returning to England, Sir Henry became a philanthropist, eventually setting up The British Thong Society.

His death in 1927 was one of the widely reported events of the decade. Each year at the small family church in Knots End, Surrey, members of the British Thong Society lay a commemorative thong on his grave to mark the very great things Sir Henry achieved and our abiding loyalty to his legacy.