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Old 08-10-2010, 19:26   #3
JCB
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Re: Only in England.......

It's a pity a few silly people bring discredit on Health and Safety issues .

There is the myth of the conkers-with-goggles story .
A head teacher in Carlisle was weary on spending hours on health and safety issues . He said that it was largely due to the Thatcher and Major administrations that the health and safety culture was brought to bear in schools .

In Oct 2004 he tongue-in-cheek alerted the media to his conkers-with-goggles hoax , never dreaming that it would eventually go global .

Even Mr Cameron fell for it in Dec last year when he quoted the "incident" in a speech .
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