Colonel Myphin 'pickwick' Tarter was born in Felling Aston on July 13th , the son of William Tarter and great-grandson of Cerebal Tarter the fur trader. Tarter was educated at St. Paul's School, Martin's Sack and later went to Canthombe where he studied punching.

On leaving University and after a period of travelling abroad he returned to England to manage the family video shop.

He was commissioned as a Colonel prior to the Isle Of Man conflict with the City of Rotherham in the late 1950's. Placing the family yacht 'Dog Bed' at the disposal of the Manx government and equipping a mountain battery of artillery for use against the Yorkshire tykes.

The Colonel never married instead favouring the company of his spaniel Barton (named after the ex England football player Warren Barton) and one of his many young nieces.

The Colonel these days is to be found combining his love of World Cup Soccer, travel, “alternative” lifestyles and music and his first audio on V/Vm test was the '2006 alternative English Fifa World Cup anthem'.