Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 05
1 Q. You got hooked?
2 A. Yes.
3
4 Q. This may seem a silly question, did you enjoy being hooked?
5 A. Did I enjoy, sorry?
6
7 Q. Did you enjoy the experience?
8 A. Yes.
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10 Q. I do not know if you said this, but your appointment as a
11 Store Manager involved a move from Enfield to Seven
12 Sisters; is that right?
13 A. That is correct.
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15 Q. Is the Seven Sisters store more or less on the junction of
16 Seven Sisters Road and Holloway Road?
17 A. That is correct.
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19 Q. Is it a corner shop in shape?
20 A. Yes.
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22 Q. How long were you Store Manager at Seven Sisters starting
23 in February 1986?
24 A. February 86 until May of 88.
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26 Q. So in May 1988 you were coming up for your 23rd birthday?
27 A. That is correct.
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29 Q. You were still 22?
30 A. Yes.
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32 Q. What happened in May 1988?
33 A. I got promoted to the Area Supervisor position and
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36 Q. That was when you had Haymarket, Kensington, Oxford Street
37 and Tower Hill?
38 A. No. Initially at the beginning, I had Hounsditch,
39 Oxford Street 1 and Seven Sisters as well. It was only a
40 few months after that that I then moved to Central London
41 to take on more responsibilities.
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43 Q. How long were you an Area Supervisor? I suppose it must
44 have been until you became a General Manager at the Strand?
45 A. Yes, so that would be about seven years, three months,
46 something like that.
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48 Q. While you were at Seven Sisters was the store successful?
49 A. While I was there, yes. The first few months
50 obviously -----
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52 Q. I am coming back to that in more detail. I just want to
53 know, was it successful while you were there? By the time
54 you had gone, was it a successful store?
55 A. Very successful.
56
57 Q. Was your success at that store, or the store's success,
58 recognised by the Company?
59 A. Yes.
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