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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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Lisa Carter – A scary environment for younger women

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – A great customer experience

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Lisa Carter – The full outfit

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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James Pellow – How the clothes were displayed

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Jane Gibbs – The wonderful window displays

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Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Changing fashion of window displays

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Hanging on by my fingertip

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

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Marlene Tolley – Surnames only

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James Pellow – Received a letter about the closure

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Marlene Tolley – Standards of dress

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy was a fabulous woman

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Off to London

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Sue Fowler – Working the tills

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Sheila Burnett – Models in The Coffee Bean

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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

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James Pellow – How we greeted customers

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Marlene Tolley – Everything was cleaned each week

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Jane Caldow – Childrens’ Dept in Union Street Packs

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Jane Gibbs – Memories of Packs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – My first window

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

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Jane Caldow – The Shanklin branch

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Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

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Sheila Burnett – Closing down

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Jane Caldow – Living upstairs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – They cared about our development

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Jane Caldow – Packs on Union Street

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Jane Caldow – Miniature Fashion Shows

That’s all folks

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