My name is George McCoy. I don't know whether you saw a documentary that went out on British Independent TV in November 1998. But, if you did, you would have seen me busy crisscrossing the country researching Britain's massage parlours. I am firmly of the opinion that the quality of service that one receives in these establishments varies enormously. And consequently I am doing all I can to bring a little consumer protection into this field, a field in which it has hitherto been noticeably absent.
How did I get into this unusual occupation? I enjoy adult entertainment as much as the next man and back in the eighties, I used to be in the record industry, principally dealing in vast quantities of overstock vinyl records, a lot of which I exported, particularly to Germany. Now, I don't know whether you have ever been stuck for the weekend in Hamburg or Frankfurt, but these, let me assure you, are fascinating cities, with a fascinating range of adult entertainment. Not only that, they also have on sale in the relevant areas, copious guides to the entire adult entertainment situation throughout Germany. There and then the idea lodged in the back of my mind that such guides would be useful for Britain too.
In 1995 my record business finally collapsed with the death of vinyl and in January 1996 I embarked on my crusade to bring some consumer protection to the British adult entertainment industry. The result is McCoy's British Massage Parlour Guide.
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