Day 135 - 15 Jun 95 - Page 16
1 restaurant now, so there are less staff obviously working
2 there.
3
4 Q. There were no rap sessions in 1987 at East Ham, were
5 there? There was not any rap session in 1987 in the East
6 Ham store?
7 A. I imagine there was.
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9 Q. But you do not know?
10 A. I cannot actually say for definite, but I cannot
11 imagine a time when there has not been rap sessions in the
12 store.
13
14 Q. But do you recall any rap session in 1987?
15 A. Not specifically, but then I would not attend it anyway
16 because I would be a Floor Manager or above, so I would not
17 attend a rap session.
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19 Q. So how long were these road works -- I think it was the
20 Barking T'Ilford road that was being built, yes, that was
21 the road works that you mentioned?
22 A. There were quite a lot of road works going on in East
23 Ham actually up until the year before last, I think it was,
24 or last year when they pedestrianised the high street and
25 built a bypass road. That is when it was all completed.
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27 Q. Is that Barking T'Ilford road?
28 A. No, that was the high street bypass but there has been
29 road works going on for quite a while.
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31 Q. But at the time of the mouse droppings incidents, that was
32 the Barking to Ilford relief road, was it ---
33 A. The A406.
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35 Q. -- that was the concern at the time, was it?
36 A. That probably would have been about that time, yes.
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38 Q. So the problem of the mice, what period of time do you
39 recall that that continued over?
40 A. Only a couple of weeks, to my knowledge.
41
42 Q. You were actually aware that mice were actually in the
43 store?
44 A. Yes.
45
46 Q. Right. Did you see them yourself?
47 A. Yes.
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49 Q. Did you notify the Environmental Health Officer about this
50 or did the store notify the Environmental Health Office?
51 A. I did not do it personally, unless the Store Manager
52 actually done it, I do not know. I would have informed the
53 Store Manager, so ......
54
55 Q. Nobody notified Environmental Health Office?
56 A. I honestly say I do not know.
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58 Q. There were no warning signs put up about it?
59 A. Not to my knowledge, no.
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