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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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Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy was a fabulous woman

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Sheila Burnett – Models in The Coffee Bean

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Lisa Carter – The importance of the upsell

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Changing fashion of window displays

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Memories of Miss Pack

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Marlene Tolley – Hierarchy of staff

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Sue Fowler – Visitors from Coronation Street

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

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Marlene Tolley – Porters and delivery men

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Jane Caldow – Coupons for women’s clothes

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Jane Caldow – It started with Granny Guy in Totland

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Impeccable service

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Marlene Tolley – My first job

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Jane Gibbs – My Dad’s connection to Packs

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Marlene Tolley – Everything was cleaned each week

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Jane Caldow – Carnival floats were a marketing tool

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Sue Fowler – Swimming during lunch hour

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Jane Gibbs – The wonderful window displays

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy

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Jane Gibbs – Memories of Packs

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Sue Fowler – The Queen of Shoes

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James Pellow – How we greeted customers

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Sheila Burnett – Working our way through the shop

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

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Marlene Tolley – The different departments

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Jane Caldow – My Mum ran the Jaeger Boutique

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Jane Gibbs – The ‘bees knees’

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Lisa Carter – I was a natural performer

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Jane Caldow – The different departments at Cross Street

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Jane Gibbs – There were high standards

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Sue Fowler – How it began

That’s all folks

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