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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 – Some customers had accounts

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Going up to London

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – My first window

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Sheila Burnett – I still have my outfit today

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Marlene Tolley – My first job

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Sheila Burnett – The social scene at The Coffee Bean

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Jane Gibbs – The ‘bees knees’

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James Pellow – Choosing the Men’s Department stock

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Jane Caldow – Coupons for women’s clothes

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Jane Caldow – Granny’s hat window

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Lisa Carter – The full outfit

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Hanging on by my fingertip

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James Pellow – Playing Father Christmas

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Keeping up with changing colours

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Jane Caldow – What it was like working there

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James Pellow – How the clothes were displayed

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

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Jane Gibbs – Hosiery

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Buying new school uniform

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Jane Caldow – Working on window displays

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Sue Fowler – Greeting customers

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James Pellow – Nominated for Shop Assistant of the Year

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Lisa Carter – Persisting for a modelling job

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

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James Pellow – It was formal, but not stuffy

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Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I liked to do unusual windows

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

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Jane Caldow – Dynamic Granny Guy

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Sheila Burnett – Everything was ironed and packaged beautifully

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Different materials

That’s all folks

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