Day 167 - 02 Oct 95 - Page 07
1 bit of thought to which way you propose to treat each
2 witness in advance. Yes.
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4 MR. ATKINSON: Mr. Tindale.
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6 ALAN WILLIAM TINDALE, sworn
7 Examined by Mr. Atkinson
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9 MR. ATKINSON: Mr. Tindale, do you give your name as Alan
10 William Tindale?
11 A. Right.
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13 Q. Of McDonald's Restaurants Limited, 11 - 59 High Road, East
14 Finchley, London N2 8AW?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. I am just going to ask you a few introductory questions but
18 that is all and then I will sit down and the Defendants
19 will cross-examine you. What is the present position you
20 hold, Mr. Tindale?
21 A. I am a franchisee with McDonald's and I have franchises
22 in Hatfield and Welling Garden City in Hertfordshire.
23 I have been doing that for 12 months.
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25 Q. How old are you?
26 A. I am 47.
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28 Q. Are you married?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. Do you have children?
32 A. Yes, I do.
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34 Q. How old are they?
35 A. I have two boys, eight and 10.
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37 Q. They eat at McDonald's?
38 A. Yes, frequently.
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40 Q. When did you first start working for the Company?
41 A. In November 1979.
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43 Q. What had you been doing before that in terms of a job?
44 A. For the previous nine years I had been a Secondary
45 School teacher.
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47 Q. At school did you get qualifications -- you obviously must
48 have, I think, for you were a teacher?
49 A. Yes, I qualified at City of Leeds and Carneagie School
50 of Physical Education.
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52 Q. Subject to the fact that you are now a franchisee of the
53 two restaurants and that you are no longer a Chief Training
54 Officer, presumably, and you gave that up, am I correct in
55 saying, when you became the franchisee?
56 A. Yes.
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58 Q. Subject to all that, what I will do is I will read the
59 statement out: "I have worked for McDonald's Restaurants
60 Limited for over 14 years. On joining the Company I worked
