Day 179 - 30 Oct 95 - Page 32
1 Q. I suppose there were regular customers at Colchester just
2 as there were anywhere else; is that right?
3 A. Yes, there would be.
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5 MR. MORRIS: Can I suggest Mr. Rampton asks him what the normal
6 slice was for a fillet-o-fish ------
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. You let Mr. Rampton cross-examine in his
9 own way.
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11 MS. STEEL: I think he has already said.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We know that, but you must let Mr. Rampton
14 ask his own questions.
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16 MR. RAMPTON: This was supposed to be another worthwhile yield
17 increaser, was it?
18 A. Yes.
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20 Q. That happened all the time as well, did it?
21 A. Not all the time, no -- for a period after this
22 meeting.
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24 Q. Give us a date for the meeting, will you?
25 A. I could not give you an actual date, it is ......
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27 Q. When did you become a Floor Manager?
28 A. Just after my 18th birthday so that would be November
29 1986.
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31 Q. November 1986.
32 A. So it was in my last year at the Colchester store. It
33 was the time just before Mark Davis got promoted to
34 Supervisor and Frank Stanton got promoted to Senior
35 Supervisor.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause.
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39 MR. RAMPTON: May I go on?
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not sure you have the dates right, have
42 you? I thought you were 20 in -- have I got that wrong?
43 A. November 1987.
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45 Q. Yes. So you would be 18 in November ------
46 A. Eighty -----
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48 MR. RAMPTON: 1985, my Lord.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Not 86, yes.
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52 MR. RAMPTON (To the witness): Mark Davis was the Manager at the
53 time when you were promoted to Floor Manager, was he not?
54 A. Yes, he was.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But the meeting was just before Mark Davis
57 got promoted to Supervisor and Frank Stanton to Senior
58 Supervisor, you are saying?
59 A. . Within a month or two of that, yes.
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