A picket of Pennine Radio in Bradford was held last Saturday when local trade unionists, students and antifascist groups met to protest against fascists being given airtime on community radio.
We reported how last month local National Front leader Jim Merrick was prevented from broadcasting by an occupation ot the radio station. Inis piche t aas afasi calle o bye radiori and was called by Trades Concil [who have a 'no platform' policy].
The demonstrators were not allowed to leaflet the premises, nae canes ownte dovs HITOWIE SEOl pation, but a member of the National Union of Journalists said that he would raise the question in the Pennine NUJ chapel. The picket was sten forward for the forces involved in said they coula take no acuon, because although my mother recognised the faces she dic not know their names. Sometime later we managed to find out some of the names and gave this intormaton to une police. The police recorded this but have Lakch no acuun.
*In early July all the family were out. When my Iwo house about 4.30pm tney round smoke coming out of the top bedroom. They ran upstairs and found the whole room on fire They managed to put the fire out, but most of the things like mattress. lino and clothes were burned.
*The fire brigade and the police were called, the room smelled of paraffin. One policeman later said that we were responsible for causing the fire, saying things like "you should have switched your heater oll. But there is no socket in tnal room, se we don't know what he was talking about.
Abuses such as Bradford ards" and "why do you come to this country wog" are very common to our ears. 1 also found "go away black bastards" inscribed on our front pavement. So l went as to the police. I waited one hour, but no-one attended me, so l got fed-up and left.
Ms O. Harlington:
RED WEEKLY 9 December 1976 7