2001-07-08
Was this 5 000 � already spent Neil Herron's first month's salary? You
don't really think this guy is going to do this for free?
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2001-07-08 09:38
Subject: [USMA:14185] Latest from Sunderland
>SHUTTING UP SHOP FOR THE 'METRIC MARTYRS'
>
> A SUNDERLAND fishmonger will
tomorrow sat shut up shop at his
> busy market stall to to dedicate
more of his time to the fight to
> save pounds and ounces.
>
>
> Neil Herron, who stood as an
independent candidate in the
> General Election and polled 1,518
votes, is giving up his fish stall
> at the city's Park Lane Market.
> He said he has taken the decision
to quit the stall he has run for
> 17 years to devote more of his
time to the so-called "Metric
> Martyrs" battle.
> Mr Herron, 38, a married
father-of-two, has sold his business for a
> nominal sum to another market
trader, Thomas Girwood.
> He has been heavily involved in
supporting the case of Stephen
> Thoburn, who was prosecuted by
Sunderland Council for selling
> fruit and veg in imperial weights.
> Mr Thoburn, who used scales which
did not comply with the rules
> for weighing in metric
measurements, is appealing against his
> conviction.
> He has been joined by four other
traders, two in Cornwall and two
> in London, who have either been
prosecuted for selling goods in
> pounds and ounces or who face
prosecution.
> Mr Herron said the "Metric
Martyrs" fighting fund to pay the legal
> costs of the appeals against
convictions now stands at �200,000,
> with �5,000 already spent.
> But he and his supporters aim to
raise �1million to pay the legal
> fees of the five traders involved
in the case.
> Mr Herron said: "I will be pulling
my shutters down on the fish
> stall for the last time on
Saturday night.
> "I have decided to close the stall
because I need to devote more
> of my time to the Metric Martyrs
and raising cash for their
> defence.
> "I know we are right and I have
devoted a lot of my time to this. I
> have been bitten by something
which we must carry on with."
> Mr Herron said he will still be
running his fruit and vegetable stall
> and a discount food stall.
> He says he still intends standing
as a candidate for city mayor, if
> Sunderland people decide they
would like an elected mayor in the
> referendum planned for October.
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