Dad Robin selling off whisky signed by four Prime Ministers

Jun 8 2008 By David Taylor

A WHISKY collector is selling off bottles signed by four prime ministers.

It took Robin Hood, 51, eight years to get Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, John Major and Margaret Thatcher to autograph bottles of House of Commons Scotch.

Robin, of New Galloway, Kirkcud - brightshire, said: "It has taken me all this time and a lot of travelling to get the bottles autographed.

"I don't know how much they will sell for but I hope there is a lot of interest as I am confident there isn't a collection like it in the world."

Robin is selling the collection to raise money for a charity that helps people with a rare skin condition.

His daughter Alex, 19, has epidermolysis bullosa, which makes her skin blister and scar at the slightest touch.

She also has cancer and has just months to live.

Alex and other victims are called "butterfly children" because their skin is as sensitive as an insect's wing.

The whisky will be auctioned at charity DebRA's annual Butterfly ball in Glasgow in October.