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Port Talbot Cymric Choir © Roo Lewis 0

Captain Beany © Roo Lewis 1

Jonny Lovejet © Roo Lewis 2

Miss Wales © Roo Lewis 3

Pancho © Roo Lewis 4

Reservoir © Roo Lewis 5

Seacadet © Roo Lewis 6

Sir Terry Allen © Roo Lewis 7

Westbound © Roo Lewis 8

Washing Line © Roo Lewis 9

Jo-anna © Roo Lewis 10

Meyrick Sheen © Roo Lewis 11

Burton’s Voice © Roo Lewis 12

Blue Steel © Roo Lewis 13

Posters © Roo Lewis 14

Port Talbot LA Skies © Roo Lewis 15

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Roo Lewis, Port Talbot UFO Investigation Club

In 1991 Barry Kirk legally changed his name to his superhero persona ‘Captain Beany.’ The Captain runs the world's only baked bean museum from his council flat in Sandfields, Port Talbot. Since his first charity event in the mid 80s (sitting for 100 hours in a baked bean- filled bath) he has raised over £100,000 for good causes. Beany is well known in the town and elsewhere with numerous television appearances. When I photographed The Captain, I noticed his head was tattooed with drawings of beans each one initialled—one of his charity stunts where patrons could donate money in order to be immortalised.

© Roo Lewis 2023 courtesy GOST Books

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