Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Returning to work for the third time

Simon: And when you came back and it was then Woods and Wilkins was then Elizabeth Pack, what was your reaction to it? I mean you were so …

Christine: I was shocked, I didn’t know it was there. Mum hadn’t said to me. “Oh, they’ve opened up a new Department Store across the road.” You know mum would, have told me in her letters you know, but she didn’t, and I came back and there it was, Elizabeth Pack, and I was so pleased when I actually got my job back the third time because it would mean that I could then go and use al the new models that they’d bought from Rootstein and it was great, you know.

Yeah, it was a real shock to see it. It just felt so grand. I didn’t actually realise that it was three stories high. I didn’t know that when Woods and Wilkins were there. You just didn’t get that impression.