Skip to content
Roof with Packs' People - distressed words centred-2
  • Home
  • Topics
  • Listen
  • Photos
  • Home
  • Topics
  • Listen
  • Photos

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.

Loading…
Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy was a fabulous woman

Black scotch cassette tape

Marlene Tolley – Standards of dress

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Sheila Burnett – Her quiet genteel manner

Yellow cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Sue Fowler – The Queen of Shoes

Yellow cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Jane Caldow – What it was like working there

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

James Pellow – The camaraderie

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Jane Gibbs – The carnival floats

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Jane Caldow – Dynamic Granny Guy

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Sue Fowler – Wealthy customers

Yellow cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Off to London

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dolly mixtures

Yellow cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Sheila Burnett – We shopped in Ryde most often

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Sue Fowler – Working the tills

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

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

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Lisa Carter – Each Fashion Show model had a dresser

Black scotch cassette tape

Sheila Burnett – Working our way through the shop

Black clear Sony cassette tape

Lisa Carter – A fit model

Black clear Sony cassette tape

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Miss Guy

Yellow cassette tape - cutout and labelled

James Pellow – Listening to Virginia Wade win Wimbledon in 1977

Black clear Sony cassette tape

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Memories of Miss Pack

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Jane Caldow – Second floor at Union Street Packs

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

Black scotch cassette tape

Jane Caldow – Woods and Wilkins transformed

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – They cared about our development

Black clear cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Marlene Tolley – The Fashion Shows

Light grey cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Going up to London

Black scotch CX cassette tape - cutout and labelled

Marlene Tolley – Porters and delivery men

Yellow cassette tape - cutout and labelled

James Pellow – Choosing the Men’s Department stock

Black scotch cassette tape

James Pellow – Nominated for Shop Assistant of the Year

Black scotch cassette tape

Jane Caldow – A family business

That’s all folks

No more pages to load

1 2 … 5 Next »

Heritage Fund logo
Isle of Wight council logo
Department logo
Built by Meeja logo
  • About
  • Take downs
  • About
  • Take downs