Day 195 - 04 Dec 95 - Page 50
1 have any dates and this did not refer to me because I was
2 not on the telephone". Going over to complete that
3 paragraph at the top of the next page, page 3.
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5 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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7 MR. RAMPTON (To the witness): You actually tell us the names of
8 the people to whom it happened and who told you about it;
9 is that right?
10 A. That is correct, yes.
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12 Q. Now I want to ask you about page 5 and paragraph 10.
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. You have quite rightly corrected the description of Ray
16 Coton as the Area Supervisor because, of course, Ray Coton
17 was the Manager?
18 A. Yes, I think he was the Second Assistant Manager at the
19 time.
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21 Q. How do you know that -----
22 A. Sorry, First Assistant, sorry.
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24 Q. How do you know that Ray Coton told the Area Supervisor
25 about the walk-out?
26 A. Because he -- I am not sure about the exact nature of
27 the conversation, but he did go round the back of the store
28 and phoned him up, and he was not actually in his office
29 upstairs, he was just in the back room.
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31 Q. You heard the conversation, did you?
32 A. No, I did not hear the conversation.
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34 Q. In fact, in the winter of 1987, Mr. Ray Coton was the
35 Manager of the store; he was not a Second Assistant at all?
36 A. He must have been a First Assistant, he was -----
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38 Q. Will you accept from me that he became the Manager of the
39 store on 2st August 1987?
40 A. 1987, but this is winter of 87.
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42 Q. You mean 86/87?
43 A. Yes, back .....
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45 Q. Sorry, that is my misunderstanding. You mean 1986/87
46 winter, not 1987/88?
47 A. That is right.
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49 Q. Now the next bit: "Sally was the floor manager and
50 T-shirts were given out". You wanted to change this in
51 some way which, I am afraid, I did not quite understand.
52 "I, myself and others who had organised this were warned
53 against collective activity". Have I got the amendment you
54 want correctly?
55 A. That is right, yes.
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57 Q. Who gave you a warning against collective activity?
58 A. Trudie Jones.
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60 Q. So what you are telling us is that the next words: "He
