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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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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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

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Lisa Carter – The importance of the upsell

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Sheila Burnett – Working our way through the shop

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Jane Caldow – The Shanklin branch

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Lisa Carter – The full outfit

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Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

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Sheila Burnett – I still have my outfit today

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Jane Caldow – How to pick the right stock

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Lisa Carter – The pace of the cat walk changed

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Jane Caldow – Scones at The Coffee Bean

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James Pellow – It was a bustling cafe

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Jane Gibbs – General perception of the shop

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Sue Fowler – Working the tills

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Lisa Carter – Models from the Mainland

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Impeccable service

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Marlene Tolley – Working your way up

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Marlene Tolley – Major Dabell

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Dressing a window

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Faking movement in the clothes

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Jane Caldow – It started with Granny Guy in Totland

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Sue Fowler – Swimming during lunch hour

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James Pellow – Listening to Virginia Wade win Wimbledon in 1977

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Jane Caldow – Working on window displays

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Jane Gibbs – The wonderful window displays

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Buying new school uniform

That’s all folks

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