Call Sign July 2004 - Page 12 - PROSPECTIVE ILFORD NORTH MP LEE SCOTT VISITS DAC

PROSPECTIVE ILFORD NORTH MP LEE SCOTT VISITS DAC

A recent visitor to Brunswick House was Lee Scott, the prospective Conservative MP who hopes to wrest the Ilford North seat away from Linda Perham at the next General Election. Linda took the seat previously from Vivian Bendall in the 1997 General Election and successfully held it in 2001. Ilford has always been known as ‘Green Badge Valley’ with Ilford South currently being held by Mike Gapes. All the above three names know/knew the cab trade well and Lee hopes to gain that knowledge as well – one of the reasons for his visit. He had a meeting with Dial-a-Cab Chairman Brian Rice and told Call Sign that he hoped his visit "…would help to give him an insight into the workings of the cab trade and	*Lee Scott with Brian Rice*
	the radio taxi industry. I know only too well the importance of the taxi driving fraternity." Lee is currently a local councillor for the Fairlop ward in Ilford and has been since 1998. He fought the last general election for the Waveny district in Suffolk where his vote picked up an-almost 2% swing for the	Tories, however he was still considered an outsider by the locals. He was born in Stratford in 1956 and has lived in the east of London for most of his life. He now lives in Clayhall, is married with five children and lists his political interests as Middle East affairs, business partnerships and transport.

MARTIN BARRY

Call Sign was sad to hear of the death of former Dial-a-Cab driver Martin Barry (B74J) who died in June at the age of 79. He had been on DaC for 17 years before leaving in March of this year, although he continued driving his taxi on a part-time basis without a radio.
   Talking to Call Sign Editor Alan Fisher just several weeks before his sudden death, Martin said that he had no intention of retiring. His wife had passed away several years before and his family were spread around, so he now lived on his own.
   "Going to work each day is therapeutic," he told him, "what would I do with myself if I retired and stayed at home?"
   During the 1980’s, Martin was very vociferous at LTDA branch meetings along with northeast branch members of the time such as Mike Galvin,

Steve McNamara, Steve Hawes, Cecil Selwyn and others including the current Call Sign Editor. His interest waned with age, but even at 79 his Knowledge of trade politics was substantial.

Rest in peace…

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