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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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James Pellow – Nominated for Shop Assistant of the Year

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Marlene Tolley – Hierarchy of staff

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Jane Caldow – Granny’s hat window

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Marlene Tolley – ‘Appro’

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Memories of Woods and Wilkins

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Sheila Burnett – The Coffee Bean was the social hub

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James Pellow – How we greeted customers

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Jane Caldow – Expanded to Yarmouth and Ryde

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Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

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Sheila Burnett – The social scene at The Coffee Bean

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Jane Gibbs – Coffee Bean memories

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Sue Fowler – DfLs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Pack window models

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

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Coming back to Packs

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Sue Fowler – Trepidation when new to the job

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Jane Caldow – Choosing the stock

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Sue Fowler – Swimming during lunch hour

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Sue Fowler – The Queen of Shoes

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Marlene Tolley – My first day

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy

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James Pellow – It was a bustling cafe

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Sheila Burnett – Elizabeth Pack

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Marlene Tolley – Day trippers

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Jane Caldow – The carnival floats

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Jane Caldow – Miniature Fashion Shows

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Sue Fowler – Wealthy customers

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James Pellow – Mrs Pope’s great sense of humour

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

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Off to London

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Lisa Carter – Getting into modelling

That’s all folks

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