Day 135 - 15 Jun 95 - Page 04
1 A. A very happy place.
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3 Q. Were there other people of your sort of age working there?
4 A. There was people of my age, people studying in
5 college. There was also housewives as well, so it is
6 varying ages.
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8 Q. Housewives?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. Did these housewives have children ---
12 A. Yes.
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14 Q. -- so for as you knew?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. Did they seem to like working there or not?
18 A. Yes, they enjoyed it as well.
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20 Q. Did you socialise outside working hours at all?
21 A. Yes, quite regularly. It used to be an in-thing on a
22 Saturday night for all the day crew to go out to the public
23 together.
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25 Q. Do you have any complaints, grievances, discontents,
26 dissatisfactions, while you were working as a crew member
27 of Romford?
28 A. Not as a crew member, no.
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30 Q. When you were Floor Manager at East Ham, I think you
31 stayed, did you, in that position for about eight years?
32 A. That is correct, yes.
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34 Q. Until you became Second Assistant in 1987 and then
35 eventually, I think, you became Store Manager in East Ham
36 in 1988?
37 A. That is right, yes.
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39 Q. During your time at East Ham -- I think it was before you
40 became the actual Store Manager -- probably during 1987 or
41 the end of 1986 onwards, do you remember a young man called
42 Peter Sutcliffe?
43 A. Yes, I remember him.
44
45 Q. He is supposed to be one of this galaxy of fans sitting
46 behind the Defendants.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not put it that way.
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50 MR. RAMPTON: I am sorry.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know no harm is meant but someone is going
53 to get fired up by ------
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55 MR. RAMPTON: I will dowse the fire, my Lord.
56 (To the witness): Do you recognise him sitting here in
57 court?
58 A. Vaguely. I cannot obviously ----
59
60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think I can see -- can you put your hand
