The bus drives off up Willesden High Road, past Willesden tube dation and up to the roundabou at Cricklewood Broadway. 11 takes a side turning into Temple For the next 20 minutes the bus is driven found in arcies up and down side streets. At the wheelisa дагк-патсо опуст, 10505, 80 unshaven sandy-haired passenger. They finally realise they are being followed.
Story by Geolf Bell and Jonathan Silberman Photos by Ezra Nethan SANDY MAICO COMES LO LOS BACK of the bus and takes down our car numher 1s 3000 CD. He moves back so the front of two-way radio and speak dodge us, then gives up and come in Park Avenue Nort NW10. We go up to the bas and show our press cards. We ask the driver and his guard who they are. They don't answer.
With one exception they avoid or refuseto answer every question. The exception comes when camera appears. We want a fee far those photos, they say.
They finally giveup hoping the will be left alone, and drive off This time the route is more direct and in 15 minutes they have destination, St UCOR Tha driver of the bus Grumwiek direator Pearson It is just after 9 am last Friday. The blue scab-carrying double deckerleaves Grunwick to a chorus of abuse from the pickets and protection from the "George Ward renta-mob' police. They have just let off their first load of Andrews Road, The bus stops ar the top of the road and the dark-haired of the street where another bur and a couple DE van oo or cope a waiting. The dark-haired one goe starts a long conversation with a selor cop.
The door of the second bus is and standing there are members of Grunwick management and their helpers. In the bus no more than fifteen scabs sir.
The bus driver mishes conversation with the police. We ask a cop who he is.
*Just a passer-by expressing his feeling.
"But he was driving the bus."
No comment.
In fact the Pearson and he is the son of a director of Grunwick.
Wegotothesecond bus and ask the whites by the platform who Weall work for Grunwick."
Who is the sandy-haired bloke in the other bus?"
"What radio?"
They contradict themselves and CLE COUC They sist that nobody ever comes on to the bus who decan't work for Grunwick or the press. But they don't know who the sandy-haired guard is.
The guard doesn't work for Grunwick.
"Who do you work fort' This Nobody/ 'Are you self-employed? "You could say that, he says with a grin. 'How much are you being paid? "That would be telling."
At the second bus the man SEEICAL CHEI reporter from the American TV network, CBS. "We have had no trouble from the preis," they tell him.
baired, curity officer Woolent. He is and a he chase, belon direce the police, the special relationship Grunwick have with the cops Is self-evident. backsipping and shared some Eventunily th between the Grunwick manage himself says be ment and the cops cods. They are pesting ready to move off. A cop comes over to us and MyE: Tou rounded by Securicor and police van the bus waits in St. Andrews Road to carry its second load of acads to Grunwick. Secuity Oilcer Woolet pets on the bus as the cop walks away safisfied trouble with the press are talking to a this convoy greyergeant ank nember of the infamo "What for?" 'Obstruction"
bumber Piss off.
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police shed up shoulde't take photographs' But when the press cards are sbown he breaches a sigh of rebel.
He too knows they 'have bad no The doors of the second bus close. The police get back into people? their van, They prepare to move off. A sergeant in the van opens his window and says Don't follow Again the press cards are 'Who are you from? the scialist Challeng *If you follow this bus we will We ask for his name and The tin pot army of manags ment, scabs and police drive oli together, one for all and all for A touch of rank TOP POLICE officers are not only class conscious, they are als incredibly rank ponscious. Ontbe Grunwick picker line last woek the following conversation wa overheard hy a reader in the middle of a mass scuffle with the A PICKET: Push that inspect or through the gates A POLICE OFFICER (squa against the Grunwick ratel: I mnot aninstector. I'mE chief superintendent.
PICKET: You'll do."
OVERHEARD ON smother morning of mass picketing st Gruawick:
A POLICEMAN: "How mAny were here yesterday?
POLICEMAN "What do you mean, coppers or THE KEGIONAL Council in Strathclyde has once again dem onstrated its humanitarian approach and solicitude as far as small children are concerned Leading councillors visited adenture playgrounds in Easte house and WOLSIU DEE most deprived areas in the whole of Scotland.
Their verdicr: the playgrounds were a danger to children who played in them. Tbeir solution: to withold 210,000 earmarked fo staff wages at the playgrounds The result: after October the playground will cease to exist.
COm mander in Vietnam who claimed thatthe only way they could save particular village was to destr admirers on the Strathclyde Regional Cauncil.
scroungers READERS WILL recall the fuss which s geoman made a Luc unfree press about social security "overpaying" claimanus that the DHSS annually saves 1598 million (or nearly 60 times what is "overpays") in anclaimed benefits.
More interesting is the lack of COVERAge RIVELONG TRET SORE CITE -normally most judic ious in collecting taxes, rents, rates and the rest — are a bit alipshod when it comes to collecting bug sums of money owed to the Stal by private industry.
Westland Helicopters, for in tance, currently owes the Go crament E700,000, Civil servar E53,000. In another military equipment was sold by th Government at less than co price Is it purdly socidental that th relation to firms engaged manufacturing arms and defen of the Asian family and t five-star hotel.
Worm eats worm HE FOLLOWING was pro ported by the Daily Telegr on 16 June *One of 300 pupils at Le to turn iato a profit for the Pri of Wales' Appeal, made 231 eating wornis.
'Sam Andrews, 14, explaim atting words. Tele bi afterwards but it wasall worik It The school raised £1,117 for t appeal, Wild Bill Montgomery LAST FRIDAY, as the were raaln on about las order' and their words were beadlined in the raling clum the tollowing news item was *Tory Me Willam Monty CUST ery, former Pariamentary Se tary to Opposition leader M Margaret Thatcher, was yester further remanded on 650 ball London, accused of stealing The Times apologises THE POLICE attacks lockshire miners last Thurs followed a recent bumiliation the police's main backer National Association dom- at the hands of the Nt John Gouriet, NAFF'S lead in an interview last January The Tires alleged that the N In the courts and another hig and LECTORIE concerning picketing.
Likemany of Gourier'srema that one was a lie, and The Th has now been forcod to prin groveling apology to the NUN NOT PHATOR SIS CAN
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Complate with what he later admitied was a walkie-fattie, the guard on the Grunwick bus — he claimed he was "free-lance'
Coppers v The People
Strathclyde adventurers
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