A long , long time ago , way , way back in the early 1960`s a group of people in New York , decided to found an Appreciation Society to celebrate the work of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy , they decided to make it a slightly silly organisation , in keeping with the films of Stan and Ollie , after a while people in other cities decided to found their own groups and it was decided to name the organisation "The Sons of The Desert" after the1933 film of that name , every group that was set up was to take its name from a film made by Stan and Ollie , moving forward to 1980 a gentleman by the name of Chris Coffey was working in the Tax Office in Manchester , and for" Children in Need" they decided to come to work in fancy dress , so Chris being a Fan of Stan and Ollie and belonging to"Come Clean" based in Widnes , came in Fez and sash etc , this stirred up some interest , so Chris foundered "Bacongrabbers(UK)" which was the nearest name to Tax gatherers he could find , we have gradually expanded to cover Wigan as well, and every year stage the Laurel and Harday one day convention. Should you be interested in joining us please click on the link.