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Dive straight in and have a listen to more than 150 interesting snippets from the lives of our interviewees and learn more about how life in and around the shops were. Snippets are generally a couple of minutes long and we have plenty of them for you to enjoy. Just tap/click to read/listen.

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Sue Fowler – How it began

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Jane Caldow – Shanklin and Bembridge branches

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James Pellow – The camaraderie

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Lisa Carter – Each Fashion Show model had a dresser

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Marlene Tolley – Working your way up

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James Pellow – Running The Coffee Bean

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I was a free spirit

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Hanging on by my fingertip

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Lisa Carter – Models from the Mainland

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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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James Pellow – It was formal, but not stuffy

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Lisa Carter – Experience helped relax me

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Jane Caldow – The carnival floats

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Marlene Tolley – The travelling traders

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Sue Fowler – Funny staircase

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Marlene Tolley – Major Dabell

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Sue Fowler – Trepidation when new to the job

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Jane Gibbs – My Dad was a perfectionist

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Sheila Burnett – Mother of the Bride outfit

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Marlene Tolley – My first day

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Buying new school uniform

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Jane Caldow – Carnival floats were a marketing tool

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Jane Gibbs – The ‘bees knees’

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Marlene Tolley – Surnames only

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Jane Caldow – Second floor at Union Street Packs

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Jane Caldow – My Mum ran the Jaeger Boutique

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Sheila Burnett – We’d shop at Packs for special occasions

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Lisa Carter – The importance of the upsell

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Jane Caldow – Scones at The Coffee Bean

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Jane Caldow – The creation of Pack and Culliford

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Jane Gibbs – There were high standards

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Jane Gibbs – The carnival floats

That’s all folks

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