William E Cooke, a sanitary inspector in West Yorkshire, was an environmentalist long before the word was widely used. His family talk to John Blow about his work.
Like so many of the people in Sheffield, Anna Buehring was against the ill-fated programme to fell thousands of trees in the city. She was one of those protestors who was “out there at five o'clock in the morning, standing under the trees”, hoping to stop them being cut down. And one person who she felt was there with her, at least in spirit, was William E Cooke – her late grandfather, a determined campaigner and environmentalist.
Pam says: “He was really keen on pasteurised milk because in those days, you didn't have to have pasteurised milk, you could sell unfiltered milk. There was no TB testing and things like that.” The West Riding County set up a Veterinary Department and a systematic clinical inspection of all dairy cows in the area was established. Then there was the issue of industrial smoke coming from the area’s many workplaces.
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