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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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Jane Caldow – The alterations department

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Jane Caldow – Woods and Wilkins transformed

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Sue Fowler – Greeting customers

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Jane Gibbs – There were high standards

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Jane Caldow – The different departments at Cross Street

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Marlene Tolley – Porters and delivery men

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Jane Gibbs – The ‘bees knees’

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Sheila Burnett – Closing down

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Lisa Carter – Seeing my photo in the window of Ladies Realm

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Johnny and Colin’s Boutique

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Lisa Carter – Models from the Mainland

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Helping out at the Fashion Shows

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Packs’ carnival floats

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Jane Caldow – It started with Granny Guy in Totland

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Designing windows in the 1980s

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Marlene Tolley – The shopping experience has changed

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy

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Lisa Carter – The full outfit

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Changing fashion of window displays

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Jane Caldow – What it was like working there

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Impeccable service

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Lisa Carter – Each Fashion Show model had a dresser

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Keeping up with changing colours

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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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Sue Fowler – No joist hangers in the roof

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Jane Caldow – Childrens’ Dept in Union Street Packs

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James Pellow – Some customers had accounts

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James Pellow – The camaraderie

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Sheila Burnett – Everything was ironed and packaged beautifully

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Learning how to build up a window display

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Jane Caldow – Coupons for women’s clothes

That’s all folks

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