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Tacheback 2007

When I was at the Great British Beer Festival in Earl's Court in London, August 2007 I noticed a strange stall there where people weren't buying beer, but where someone was taking photos of people wearing stick on moustaches - I had to investigate.

The stall was Tacheback and was basically asking men to get sponsorship to grow back their moustaches in the month of September in aid of testicular and prostate cancer research for the Everyman campaign. I felt the need to do my bit for this charity, so (being a tad daft at times) decided upon a dodgy 70's p0rn star style moustache.

To keep everyone's interest (tache growers and sponsors alike) the charity ran an on-line TacheWars, which I ended up winning, being crowned "Supreme Champion" thanks to the dedication and sore fingers of all of my supporters. I even appeared in the East Lothian Courier and the Daily Record ... and Scotland Today got hold of the story too!

This daft tache raised £1,878.23 for the Everyman Campaign :-)

So, on to the bits that everyone wants to see: the stop frame animation videos that I have on YouTube:

The final sequence - the culmination of 39 days of growing / sculpting / taking photos.

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If the "Sledgehammer" effect is too much for you, try this one:

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If you're still interested, here's the photo diary:

Wednesday 22/08/2007, 20:00, T = 0

Start off with a blank canvas.

Yes, I know it's a bit before September, but this way I get a fuller and bushier tache!

For all you petrol heads / geeks out there, the shave was performed flawlessly with a Braun Activator 8595 in 7 minutes and 15 seconds (according to its built in timer).

Thursday 23/08/2007, T = 1 day

Friday 24/08/2007, T = 2 day

Saturday 25/08/2007, T = 3 day

Sunday 26/08/2007, T = 4 day

Monday 27/08/2007, T = 5 day

Tuesday 28/08/2007, T = 6 day

Wednesday 29/08/2007, T = 7 day

Thursday 30/08/2007, T = 8 day

Even a quick shave of the hied to go with the face fuzz

Friday 31/08/2007, T = 9 day

Saturday 01/09/2007, T = 10 day

At last, September arrives, so it's time for the dodgy 70s p0rn star moustache to be "sculpted."
Another month to go!

Sunday 02/09/2007, T = 11 day

Monday 03/09/2007, T = 12 day

The first day of work with my new facial hair!

Tuesday 04/09/2007, T = 13 day

Wednesday 05/09/2007, T = 14 day

Thursday 06/09/2007, T = 15 day

Friday 07/09/2007, T = 16 day

Saturday 08/09/2007, T = 17 day

Sunday 09/09/2007, T = 18 day

Monday 10/09/2007, T = 19 day

Tuesday 11/09/2007, T = 20 day

Wednesday 12/09/2007, T = 21 day

Thursday 13/09/2007, T = 22 day

Friday 14/09/2007, T = 23 day

Saturday 15/09/2007, T = 24 day

Oops - due to a 3 hour train journey from York to Derby, a quick check into a hotel and then immediately out to the pub for a stag doo, no photo was taken today.

So here's a quick impression of what the tache looked like :-)

Sunday 16/09/2007, T = 25 day

Monday 17/09/2007, T = 26 day

Tuesday 18/09/2007, T = 27 day

I decided that my "tickler" was a tad big, so it's been narrowed a tad

Wednesday 19/09/2007, T = 28 day

Thursday 20/09/2007, T = 29 day

Friday 21/09/2007, T = 30 day

Saturday 22/09/2007, T = 31 day

Sunday 23/09/2007, T = 32 day

Monday 24/09/2007, T = 33 day

The final week at last!

Tuesday 25/09/2007, T = 34 day

Wednesday 26/09/2007, T = 35 day

Thursday 27/09/2007, T = 36 day

This is the look for going to work tomorrow - on the bus too, I might add!

Just think of the number of people that will be going to work with a smile on their face after laughing at me on the bus :-)

Friday 28/09/2007, T = 37 day

Take a man to beer and watch him drink and get daft :-)

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The Tachebackers from Edinburgh that all met up in the Cask And Barrel.

From back left: Gingerstubble (Steven Hedley), The Rusty Tache (me, Gavin Cameron), Tache Rash boys and girls (Stephen Nixon, Joe Galletta, Leanne McCrae, Ifran Saeed, Colin McCrae, Jan Grieve, Tom Lee).