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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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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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Jane Caldow – Wedding services

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Sue Fowler – Wealthy customers

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Lisa Carter – Persisting for a modelling job

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

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Jane Caldow – The creation of Pack and Culliford

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

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James Pellow – Choosing the Men’s Department stock

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Jane Gibbs – Hosiery

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Jane Caldow – What it was like working there

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Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

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Marlene Tolley – Major Dabell

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Sheila Burnett – The Coffee Bean was the social hub

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Lisa Carter – Experience helped relax me

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Sheila Burnett – The social scene at The Coffee Bean

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Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy was a fabulous woman

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James Pellow – How the clothes were displayed

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Sheila Burnett – Closing down

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Marlene Tolley – The Fashion Shows

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Marlene Tolley – Hierarchy of staff

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Marlene Tolley – The travelling traders

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Jane Caldow – Coupons for women’s clothes

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Jane Caldow – Second floor at Union Street Packs

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Sue Fowler – Visitors from Coronation Street

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Mrs Barrow’s tongue in cheek humour

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Marlene Tolley – Standards of dress

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Pack window models

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Jane Caldow – Miniature Fashion Shows

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Jane Caldow – Dynamic Granny Guy

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Marlene Tolley – My first day

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James Pellow – Running The Coffee Bean

That’s all folks

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