Day 074 - 16 Jan 95 - Page 14

     
     1        night, a manager will accompany a crew member.  But if they
     2        are older people, then there was no need to do them.
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Why did you change the last walk to between
     5        11.00 and 12.00 rather than after 12.00 when the -----
     6        A.  When we went for Council meeting, they asked me what
     7        time did I do the trash walk.  I said:  "11 o'clock and
     8        after 11 o'clock we used to go for 12 o'clock because it
     9        was take-away only".  And the reason we asked for this late
    10        night cafe licence was -----
    11
    12   Q.   I know about that but why change it?  Why miss out the one
    13        at 12.00 or just after, after talking to the Council?
    14        A.  Between 11.00 and 11.30?  Why we jump from 11.00 to
    15        12 o'clock?
    16
    17   Q.   What I understood you to say was that the last trash walk
    18        was at midnight?
    19        A.  Yes, sir, after it closed.
    20
    Q.   After you closed.  Then you had a meeting, you called it,
    22        with the Council and you made the last trash walk between
    23        11.00 and 12.00?
    24        A.  No, no.  We added on.
    25
    26   Q.   You added one on.
    27        A.  Sorry, we added on.
    28
    29   MR. RAMPTON:  I am grateful for that.  (To the witness):  So you
    30        added an additional one?
    31        A.  Additional one between 11.00 and 12 o'clock.
    32
    33   Q.   Before midnight?
    34        A.  That is correct.
    35
    36   Q.   Before closing?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   I think at the end of 1991 you issued an invitation to the
    40        residents of Smith Street and Woodfall Street to come to a
         special candle lit dinner; do you remember that?
    42        A.  Yes, I did.
    43
    44   Q.   What was the reason for that?
    45        A.  It was, basically, to have a good rapport with the
    46        local residents, and I wanted to invite them in to see
    47        whether there was any problem which was created, whether it
    48        was to do with environment/index.html">litter or smell, or anything which, or if it
    49        was related to noise or delivery time, or anything like
    50        that, and there were a couple of issues which were raised 
    51        so  we tackled them accordingly. 
    52 
    53   Q.   In your judgment, was that dinner a success?
    54        A.  It certainly was because it was not only that
    55        Miss Linda Wells was there; there were Dr. Taylor, he was
    56        there, and it was so successful that we could not make
    57        everybody sit downstairs.  I know we were packed and we
    58        were looking for chairs at that time.
    59
    60   Q.   You see, what I am concerned about is this, Mr. Siddique: