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BigWigs. Big Fun.

Written on November 16th, 2011 by Jon and filed in Jon Butler's Blog

For us at Purple Frog the phrase ‘going down the tubes’ has a new meaning because last week on the 9th November, we spent the entire day doing just that and it was all my fault… erm, I mean idea.

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Celebrating the success of our tube challenge!

Written on November 14th, 2011 by Mandy and filed in blog, Mandy Buzzard's Blog

We’re delighted to announce that our 2011 Tube Challenge held on the 9th November in aid of Sue Ryder Care was a great success. Bigwigs is a four month fundraising challenge which started on the 1st October and runs to 1st February 2012, the challenge was just part of our fundraising activity through which we aim to raise £15,000.

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Visiting 270 London Underground stations in 1 day

Written on November 14th, 2011 by Marcus and filed in blog

Guinness world records are highly sought after and prized achievements, and this is no different for the fastest time to visit all 270 tube stations, currently held by Mancunian Marc Gawley on 1st July 2011. Extensive planning and cunningly choosing a day when the tube was running normally but when a lot of Londoners had [...]

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Big Wig Tube Challenge sponsored by The Brick Development Agency BDA

Solid support from the Brick Development Association

Written on October 25th, 2011 by Marcus and filed in blog

The BDA have announced their support of the Purple Frog Tube Challenge to be held on 9th November in aid of Sue Ryder Nettlebed Hospice. Their sponsorship of one of the teams trying to visit 270 stations in 1 day neatly brings together modern day fundraising challenges and Victorian underground brick architecture.

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Thank you for your Tube Challenge support!

Written on October 24th, 2011 by Karen and filed in blog

Thank you to all our sponsors, supporters and donators. Click the link below to see the full list of the companies and individuals supporting our Tube Challenge.

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A Review of the New RockMelt Social Browser

RockMelt describes itself as a social web browser where you can “chat, share, read with friends and much more – right from the browser.” Essentially it’s Google Chrome adapted to maximise social usage. We thought we’d have a look and give it a quick review, both as a browser and as a social tool. There [...]

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