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Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Scout Recruitment - A new update
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Ray Huggins solos - update
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Ray Huggins Beefiness |
The post of Ray Huggins solo poses for Hussar is now completed at the Gallery. A post of his solo shots for Colart will follow imminently.
Monday, 15 September 2025
Ray Huggins and 'IRESC' Scout Recruitment
The IRESC images came with no identifying information, no cast list, no storyline, not even a proper title. There seems to have been no contemporary advertising to even help in dating it. Consequently, discovering the identity of one of the models has been one of my more satisfying investigations.
I worked on the hunch that IRESC followed Royale's normal practice of coding sets using the model's initials plus a more descriptive abbreviation - as in FJWR for example, short for 'Fred and John Wrestling'. With the 'SC' in IRESC looking like an abbreviation for Scout, that left I, R and E as possibly the model's initials.
To my delight, I quickly found Ray Huggins under 'R' in my models list. His face is not his greatest asset, but it's unmistakeable. Messrs 'I' and 'E' remain more elusive to date, but tracking down Ray's solo images in the old, beefcake press has given me a clue to when the others may have gone before the camera too. Watch this space!
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Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Tibor's Nude Set TIB2 - Now Complete!!!
Tibor's dramatic 'Nude David' pose elevated him to star status.
The start of a long career with Royale.
Posting of this set (TIB-2) is now complete at the Gallery.
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Tibor's dramatic 'Nude David' pose elevated him to star status. The start of a long career with Royale. Posting of this set (TI...
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Under The Lash, 1st edn dust jacket image courtesy of Riveting Books on eBay It was in November 1952, that John Barrington , the celebrated...
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I have added three new images of Peter George to the Gallery Two to Set 7 Fetish Waders One to Set 8 Farm or Fish Some upgrades to o...
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Change at v19 - 65.1 and later revamped and extended Change at v18 - 60.8 added, 61.1 expanded to include bizarre Royale ad, 61.4 added, 62...
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Brian Morris in Pouch and Boots (for Scott) After I thought I had finished posting the Brian Morris cowboy shoot for Scott of London, I ...
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Tibor Urgay wading in One of the pictures from a new set posted at the gallery called Tibor Urgay Outdoors . Outdoor shoots were not common...
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'Redcap and Deserter' stars Tibor Urgay and a yet-to-be identified model. Visit the Set Profile page If you think this is ancient...
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Royale Studio - Sailor tied to Rigging Welcome to the 'mitchmen' Royale Studio blog where Mitchell the gay fetish artist and founder...
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Tibor Urgay - Feeling Exposed and Doing Research I have just finished upgrading the Gallery by enlarging the text size on every article t...
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Detail from 'Football Fight' I have added two rare fragments of storyettes starring Brian Morris and Tibor Urgay which I have dub...