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Barnfather
Vaughan was born in December 1955 in the ancient village of Spooner-Whitlock in Wiltshire. The myths and legends associated with this region of England fuelled the young Barnfather’s imagination, and from an early age he became fascinated with folklore. As a teenager he would spend many hours playing among the enourmous standing stones that surrounded the village green, and would spy on local couples as they left the pub and entered the sacred circle. There he watched as they would lie on each other and grunt like animals. Believing this to be a newly revived Pagan custom, he would often try to join in. This would almost always lead to him being chased through the village streets and being branded: “Fuckin’ peepin’ Tom!” by those giving chase. At the age of nineteen, Vaughan’s parents packed him off to the family’s Mayfair apartment for his own safety.

Once in London, Barnfather studied the fertility rituals of the British Isles, and through a Fleet Street contact of his father’s, he secured a position as junior reporter on the popular Rite Here - Rite Now! Magazine. During this period he wrote many award-winning articles including: Druids in My Back Passage, and Tower Block Disciples of Cock - The Phallus Worship of the Common Woman. After many years of groundbreaking reporting he decided to leave the city and return to his beloved Wiltshire.
Vaughan, or “Old Peculiar” as his suspicious farming neighbours call him, is now on a mission to travel the length and breadth of the country to document it’s ancient folk customs before they are lost forever. He has written many books on the subject including: The Lore According to Barnfather, Heathens Don’t Bite - But Their Hobby Horses Do, Mayfair Shoes in Pagan Soil, and the best-selling Raise Your Maypole Mister - For All to Enjoy! |
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Virgo
Maurice was born in Chad Valley (near Birmingham) in May 1960 to local hussy Minnie Virgo. Neighbours nicknamed his mum: “Open All Hours,” due to the number of men seen visiting her council flat. She often took her son to Glam Rock concerts where she would inevitably disappear backstage with a platform-soled pop star. Whilst waiting for his mum, he would use the camera his Grandfather gave him to take candid pictures of the rest of the group, and as his mum shagged her way around the rock circuit, Maurice built his reputation as a music photographer. The young Virgo had a natural flair for photography, and was soon selling his pictures to the many music papers of the time.

His career took a different path when, at the age of eighteen, he met up with an old school friend - Vic Sparky, who was directing super 8 glamour films for the famous 1970s porn producer - Baron Bell-End. Vic and The Baron soon cashed in on Virgo’s talents, especially when he invented the groundbreaking“Shoe-Cam,” which they used to great effect on their Beef Curtains on the Escalator movie. When The Baron was subsequently arrested for “Up-skirt voyeurism,” Maurice “did a runner” and returned to the music scene.
It was while covering a Lieutenant Pigeon concert for the Ealing Reporter that he first encountered Barnfather, who had fallen onto him from the balcony above. Maurice yelled: “Get yer’ fookin’ cock out of my ear,” to which Barnfather replied: “That’s no cock, that’s my cigar… and an expensive one at that!” Able to spot raw talent a mile off, and being rather taken by Virgo’s “lived-in” good looks, Barnfather plucked him from the superficial world of pop and signed him up as his personal photographer / film cameraman. |
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