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History
(note:
If you've been involved over the years and you have some interesting
news, photos or info that could be displayed on these pages please
get in touch)
info@jillphipps.org.uk
Major
dates in the Coventry campaign and Jill's National anniversary events
over the years:
( Click on the events to see more details )
Sat
5 November 94 - Live exports start from Coventry Airport
Mon
7 Nov 94 - Coventry City Council ban veal flights from Coventry
Tues
15 Nov 94 - Barrett Jolley wins High Court Injunction overturning
the ban
Wed
21 Dec 94 - Export plane crashes in Coventry
Thurs
26 Jan 95 - The first live export flight since the plane crash
Mon
30 Jan 95 - Coventry City Council go to High Court in attempt to
stop exports
Tues
31 Jan 95 - Late night protest at the airport
Wed 1 Feb 95 - Jill Phipps'
tragic death at Baginton Aiport
Thurs
2 Feb 95 - Major demos and the spontaneous emergence of a protest
camp at the airport gates
Fri 3 Feb 95 - Veal flights
resume just 2 days after Jill's death
Sat
11 Feb 95 - National March & Rally at Coventry Airport (1,000
protesters)
Tues
14 Feb 95 - 1,000 mourners attend Jill's funeral at Coventry
Cathedral
12
April 95 - Coventry City Council finally lose their High Court
bid to stop exports
4
May 95 - Barrett Jolley suspends flights from Coventry
14
July 95 - Phoenix Aviation goes into liquidation!
22
August 95 - Inquest finds Jill Phipps death was 'accidental'
Thurs
1 Feb 96 - Memorial stone layed at Baginton on 1st anniversary
of Jill's death
Fri
2 Feb 96 - Jill's Day - National Dover demo in memory of Jill
Sun
1 Feb 98 - Jill's Day - National demo at exporter Stephen Wood`s
Redditch farm
Sat
30 Jan 99 - Jill's Day - National Rally & March in Redditch
Sun
30 Jan 2000 - Jill's Day - Demo at Fridaythorpe, York
Sat
3 Feb 2001 - Jill's Day - National Demo at Dover
Sat
2 Feb 2002 - Jill's Day - National Demo at Newchurch Guinea
Pig Farm
5
Dec 2002 - Barret Jolley was sentenced to 20 years in prison
for drug smuggling!
Sat
1 Feb 2003 - Jill's Day - National Demo at Dover
Sat
31 Jan 2004 - Jill's Day - National Demo at Dover
Sat
5 Feb 2005 - 10th anniversary event in Coventry - Jill's Day
2005
January 2007 - Launch of this website as a permanent online memorial
to Jill
Postscript 1: Barret-Jolley - a life of crime
Christopher Barret-Jolley
convicted drug smuggler, arms trader and all round scumbag
Currently serving a 20 year sentence
for importing Cocaine into the UK
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December 2002 ... Barrett-Jolley was exposed
as a drug smuggler and arms trader!!!
click
here for more details
Postscript 2: Coventry Airport today |
Unfortunately live exports of cattle and calves re-started
from Dover docks in 2006 following the end of an EU wide ban
(which came in because of BSE ... not welfare concerns)
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When
the calf flights ended in 1995 with the destruction of Phoenix Aviation,
everyone celebrated what we thought would be a permanent victory.
However in 2006 the EU lifted it's 10 year ban on the live export
of cattle from the UK (imposed after the discovery of BSE in the
UK herds ... not for welfare reasons) and they have re-started exporting
cattle through Dover docks.
So far no one has approached Coventry Airport to
begin flights again, but if they do, the Airport Operators have
given assurances that they will never allow the flights to begin
again.
You
can read a report in the Coventry Evening Telegraph by clicking
here
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