Marlene Tolley – Never work much makeup

Marlene: And I have seen people that I worked with getting older and you meet them out and that, and we used to really reminisce, like one does, and you’ve still got the same opinions of it.

You never wore too much makeup, that was another thing. You just wore a little makeup and then you gradually got a little bit more, and a little bit more. Just different things like that. Your nails had to be spotlessly clean and no colour. The older ladies used to sometimes wear colour.

Simon: On their nails.

Marlene: Yeah, but it always had to have … well your hands had to look presentable, as you did. But it was good. Looking back on it, I realise what a good training it’s been.