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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 Caldow – Coupons for women’s clothes

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Sue Fowler – You didn’t serve customer at the beginning

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Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

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Sue Fowler – Visitors from Coronation Street

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Sourcing items for the windows

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James Pellow – The Christmas Grotto

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Sue Fowler – How it began

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James Pellow – Nominated for Shop Assistant of the Year

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Jane Gibbs – Hosiery

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Packs’ carnival floats

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James Pellow – How we greeted customers

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James Pellow – I applied to work at Cross Street

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Sue Fowler – DfLs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Coming back to Packs

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James Pellow – How the clothes were displayed

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Guidance from Miss Guy

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – My first window

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Jane Caldow – The different departments at Cross Street

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Jane Gibbs – The ‘bees knees’

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Lisa Carter – The pace of the cat walk changed

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Jane Caldow – Working on window displays

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Sue Fowler – The Bridal Department

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Sheila Burnett – Models in The Coffee Bean

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James Pellow – Fun neighbours in the Children’s Department

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Sue Fowler – Swimming during lunch hour

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Jane Caldow – Dynamic Granny Guy

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Memories of Miss Pack

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I had artistic flair

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

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Jane Caldow – Choosing the stock

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Sheila Burnett – Her quiet genteel manner

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James Pellow – Running The Coffee Bean

That’s all folks

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