Such is the Conservatives' luck at the moment that no sooner is Sir George Young named as their new chief whip than a picture appears of him and his young children with Jimmy Savile. Well, almost.
But this leaflet is a reminder of Savile's ubiquity in those days. In particular, he was the face of British Rail in all its advertising.
When I was a student I had a theory that you could judge the importance of a station by the number of likenesses of Savile you could find on posters there. A major junction like York would be comfortably into double figures.
Not only is it a picture of the new Chief Whip with Jimmy Savile, it's a picture of the new Chief Whip on a bike (because that worked out so well the last time...)
ReplyDeleteSick of this whole Jimmy Savile affair. Who cares anyway?
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