Once upon a time, when I was about 14 years old, I went to a Saturday drama group, in pursuit of my ultimate goal of being the best actress in the history of the world. Obviously.
There was a boy at this drama group, called Tommy. Tommy Sherlock. And I was obsessed. He filled my every waking thought. I thought he was the most beautiful boy I had ever seen. Ever.
The first week my friend and I went to the group, everyone was introducing themselves and he introduced himself as ‘God’. I thought this was the funniest thing I had heard anyone say in my life.
He had dark hair and blue eyes. He wore Adidas trainers and when my own trainers got too worn out, I bought the same pair that he had. He also wore those grandad socks that were fashionable for a while. The Pringle ones with diamonds on them, you know? So I wore them.
He played the lead male in a peice we worked on for a while. He had to sing at one point and of course he had a great voice. A girl called Sian played his girlfriend in the peice. I hated her. One week she wasn’t there so I stood in for her. When he pretended to put a ring on my finger, he had to touch my hand…. I wrote about it in my diary.
I thought Mrs Laura Sherlock sounded pretty good and worked out a signature I would use.
Now I’ll tell you the sum total of what I knew about him.
………..
Erm…… His name….. And what he looked like….
Erm…..
Erm….
Nope…. I got nothin’.
Seems a bit silly now.
lazylauramaisey 
Posted by Alex Jones on September 7, 2012 at 12:47
Happens to the male species too.
Posted by lazylauramaisey on September 7, 2012 at 20:13
I’m glad to hear it! It was fun while it lasted.
Posted by Photography Journal Blog on September 8, 2012 at 18:50
This made me laugh, I mean this as a compliment 🙂
Posted by lazylauramaisey on September 8, 2012 at 20:44
That’s good to hear! Something else which might make you laugh…. I saw an article about him in a newspaper years later. He was playing the lead role in a ballet about Don Quixote….!
Posted by Photography Journal Blog on September 9, 2012 at 10:03
Well of course! I mean what else would he be doing? 🙂
Posted by lazylauramaisey on September 9, 2012 at 12:43
Exactly! Lovely ballet boy. I googled him yesterday. He looks exactly the same (and has definitely fiddled the numbers on his age on his acting cv!)
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