Bryan Derbyshire
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Brian Derbyshire (1943–2001) was a journalist and publisher.
He ran a youth club in Woodplumpton for a while and in the early 1970s he was a contributor to Gay News. He then wrote for Him Exclusive which later became Gay Times. He and cartoonist Bill Ward set up SAM magazine which was later incorporated into Zipper magazine. In 1980 Brian Derbyshire became involved with the Mr Hardware contests which was a forerunner to Mr Gay UK.[1]
