(12 Aug 2015, 10:47 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Do spill...I went to the same school Tony Blair did(Durham Choristers), when he ran for Party Leader in 1994, there was some media interest in the school, a photographer came up to the school, he asked Me and a Couple of mates if he could take out photo, naturally, we said yes, so we were snapped running up the drive, the headmaster went absolutely mental, you would think we had murdered someone as he tore into us, and the photographer got an even bigger bollocking not just for taking our photo, but for trespassing as he had no permission to be there, the paper had not asked for the schools permission to set foot in the place.
At the time could not see what the problem was, was only a photo after all, and we saw the interest in Tony Blair as having some interest in us, so that is why I blame Blair for that little incident...Anyway it all got sorted, despite being told the photo may never have been used and after hammering the photographer and speaking to his editor, it was agreed the photo would be used after all, we made one of the first few pages of the paper, cant remember which paper it was...All I remember is, it was not a tabloid, possibly The Guardian, The Independent or The Times.
Of course 20 odd years on, I now understand why my Headmaster was upset, but being young, nothing sinister crossed our minds, never questioned him why he wanted to take 3 young boys picture as we took him at his word. While the Headmaster did over react a bit, I suppose questions would have been asked of him if he just let it slide.
So if Blair had not had not have joined the Leadership Campaign I would not have had the photo taken...So I blame him for thar
