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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 Gibbs – My Dad was a perfectionist

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Sheila Burnett – Closing down

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Sheila Burnett – We shopped in Ryde most often

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Marlene Tolley – The Fashion Shows

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Marlene Tolley – My first job

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Marlene Tolley – Hierarchy of staff

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Sue Fowler – How it began

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Lisa Carter – Each Fashion Show model had a dresser

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Lisa Carter – A stepping stone to Mainland modelling

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy was a fabulous woman

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Jane Caldow – The different departments at Cross Street

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Jane Caldow – My Mum ran the Jaeger Boutique

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Returning to Packs

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Sheila Burnett – Her quiet genteel manner

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Lisa Carter – A scary environment for younger women

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Jane Caldow – Choosing the stock

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Jane Caldow – The alterations department

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I was a free spirit

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Jane Caldow – A family business

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

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Memories of Woods and Wilkins

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Marlene Tolley – Christmas Boxes at Packs

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Jane Caldow – Miniature Fashion Shows

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Sue Fowler – No joist hangers in the roof

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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Sue Fowler – Funny staircase

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Jane Gibbs – General perception of the shop

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Jane Caldow – Expanded to Yarmouth and Ryde

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

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Jane Gibbs – My Dad’s connection to Packs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Everyone and their Mums went to the Coffee Bean

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Memories of Miss Pack

That’s all folks

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