Day 076 - 18 Jan 95 - Page 30

     
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     2   Q.   This letter.  It was signed by Dr. Taylor, yes?
     3        A.  Well, no.  He, in fact, had it typed and everything
     4        afterwards.  I did a first draft.
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     6   Q.   Right.  Can you just summarise the situation, what
     7        happened?
     8        A.  Well, they did raise quite a bit of money and made
     9        McDonald's aware of it.  The separate action group for
    10        McDonald's is still operating, as far as I know.  I dropped
    11        off it because I felt that Royal Avenue were better
    12        equipped to work on that one because I was on the other
    13        action group dealing with quite separate issues further
    14        down the Kings Road.
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    16   Q.   It says here:  "Wellington Square, Mitre House, Royal
    17        Avenue and Royal Avenue House Residents Associations are
    18        making a direct appeal to their residents"?
    19        A.  Right.
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    Q.   It says in the letter that funds will be set up to get
    22        legal advice.  Was the legal advice sought, do you
    23        remember?
    24        A.  I can only go on hearsay in a sense that I dropped off
    25        the committee by then.
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    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Does Dr. David Thomas still live at No. 31?
    28        A.  Yes, sir.
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    30   Q.   And Miss Wells at 10?
    31        A.  Yes, Miss Wells is very ill at the moment.
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    33   Q.   And Miss Robson at 4?
    34        A.  Yes, she is still there.  They are all the people
    35        I asked for their opinion at the street party, sir.
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    37   Q.   Yes.
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    39   MR. MORRIS:  Sorry, just very quickly to go back to 791 -- sorry
    40        to dodge about -- it says from the Smith Street Residents
         Association; it talks about the environment/index.html">litter being "appalling and
    42        disgusting ... and for the most part the environment/index.html">litter is caused
    43        by discarded McDonald's wrappers ... There now seems to be
    44        no environment/index.html">litter patrol, and one has not been in evidence for some
    45        time.  Some six months ago we complained to the Manager,
    46        Mr. Siddique, but did not receive the courtesy of a reply,
    47        let alone any action".
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    49        Do you know about that last part, about the Residents
    50        Association complaining to Mr. Siddique? 
    51        A.  I knew Alison was complaining but I did not know that 
    52        she had had no reply. 
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    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Did you note the answer at 28:42, because
    55        you were distracted from something else?
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    57   MS. STEEL:  The street party you referred to, was that the one
    58        you were talking about that happened last week?
    59        A.  Yes.
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