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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 – Everything was ironed and packaged beautifully

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

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Lisa Carter – The pace of the cat walk changed

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – A great customer experience

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Marlene Tolley – The shopping experience has changed

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Changing fashion of window displays

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Jane Caldow – Miniature Fashion Shows

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Sheila Burnett – Mother of the Bride outfit

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Getting creative

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Sourcing items for the windows

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Hanging on by my fingertip

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James Pellow – Mrs Pope’s great sense of humour

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – The London Fashion Houses

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Sheila Burnett – Closing down

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Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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Sue Fowler – How it began

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Jane Caldow – The creation of Pack and Culliford

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Marlene Tolley – Day trippers

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Marlene Tolley – Major Dabell

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Sue Fowler – Wealthy customers

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Jane Caldow – The Shanklin branch

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Buying new school uniform

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Marlene Tolley – Surnames only

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I liked to do unusual windows

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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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Marlene Tolley – Christmas Boxes at Packs

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Sue Fowler – Visitors from Coronation Street

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James Pellow – Running The Coffee Bean

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Lisa Carter – Getting into modelling

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Marlene Tolley – ‘Appro’

That’s all folks

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