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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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Sheila Burnett – We shopped in Ryde most often

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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Marlene Tolley – Major Dabell

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Jane Caldow – Woods and Wilkins transformed

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Lisa Carter – The hubbub of the Fashion Shows

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Marlene Tolley – The cash desk

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James Pellow – It was formal, but not stuffy

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Sue Fowler – Visitors from Coronation Street

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I liked to do unusual windows

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Lisa Carter – The pace of the cat walk changed

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Jane Gibbs – The wonderful window displays

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Sue Fowler – Working the tills

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Jane Caldow – It started with Granny Guy in Totland

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Jane Caldow – Expanded to Yarmouth and Ryde

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Jane Gibbs – The carnival floats

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – The brown workcoats at Woods and Wilkins

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Marlene Tolley – The Fashion Shows

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Marlene Tolley – Porters and delivery men

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James Pellow – Running The Coffee Bean

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Going up to London

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Marlene Tolley – The travelling traders

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Designing windows in the 1980s

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Mrs Barrow’s tongue in cheek humour

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Jane Caldow – How to pick the right stock

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Sue Fowler – Swimming during lunch hour

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I had artistic flair

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Jane Caldow – The Shanklin branch

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James Pellow – How we greeted customers

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Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

That’s all folks

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