An Interview with Tony Booth

Tony Booth worked at Merchant Taylors’ School for 31 years, retiring last year.  Whilst at Taylors’ he held a number of positions, including Head of History, Head of Middle School and Registrar.  Serving under four Head Masters, Tony reminisces about his time at MTS, his favourite period of history, the numerous sports teams he coached and his most memorable interview with a prospective pupil.  He is interviewed by Joey Ricciardiello, a 4th Form Art Scholar who joined MTS in September 2014.  Joey has a keen interest in Journalism and cites English with Mr Morris as his favourite lesson.  The cameras were operated by Mark Eid (Divs), Ben Marcus (Divs) and Dominic Cherry (Divs).

Questions: 
What is your first memory of Merchant Taylors'? (00.08)
Which years did you work there? (00.38)What is your favourite memory of Taylors'? (00.48)
How many Head Masters have you served under? (01.19)
Which aspect of history interests you the most? (01.37)
What is the funniest thing that happened in a lesson? (02.26)
Which colleagues did you particularly enjoy working with? (03.03)
Which sports teams have you coached? (04.01)
What was the best performance by an MTS team you coached? (04.57)
You interviewed thousands of boys as Head of Middle School and Registrar. How did you approach this process? (06.01)
Do you recall any particular interviews? (06.41)
What are you doing now you are retired? (07.35)
How frequently do you come back to Taylors’? (08.08)
Are you in touch with any OMTs? (08.21)