tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52659226386652810792024-02-21T00:45:24.690-08:00Made In LavenhamSlice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-69580780448440759272015-09-29T08:35:00.000-07:002015-09-29T08:42:18.653-07:00Evette Styling Set...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-63542210521504192812015-02-24T10:30:00.000-08:002015-02-24T10:30:16.692-08:00Hair Gel...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On a day trip t Lavenham I managed to take these photos of two of the factory sites. </div>
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This is what The Station now looks like:</div>
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It was hard to see past the boards but it didn't seem as if there was anything left of the old factory.</div>
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These photos show the new houses that have been built on the site of Riverside Works:</div>
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-1395181830888968202014-04-03T08:28:00.000-07:002016-06-22T10:01:47.459-07:00Perfume…<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1940/50's VINTAGE PERFUME ENCHANTE BY EVETTE</div>
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Charmant No 23 miniature perfume.</div>
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-32899400078212191502014-04-03T08:26:00.000-07:002014-04-03T08:26:24.984-07:00Mysterious Sheets of Plastic…<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Someone sent me scans of two plastic sheets (4 ft x 2 ft) which were used in the factory in the 1970s / 80s, however they were unsure what they were used for. The scans are below (click to enlarge) and if you happen to know the answer then please let me know so that the mystery can be solved.<br />
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<i>“If these items of plastic sheeting were fairly bendy, they could have possibly been used on the vac formers to mould into inserts for top range boxed cosmetic sets to be assembled at the Riverside works. I do know that rolls of polypropylene were used on these machines, but it was often in white or black. Alternatively, they could also have been samples used by the in-house package design team. The brownish sheet looks a lot like the tortoiseshell effect plastic cases used for the boxed gift sets they used to assemble with eye shadows etc at Riverside. I think these cases were imported, in the end, from abroad ready to be filled with make-up”.</i></div>
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The Welwyn Garden City site was known as Barnet Combs where many items, including combs, were produced. The building was very close to the Shredded Wheat factory, Knorr Soups, Polycell (which occupied an old film studios) and a cigarette factory. Almost next door was Devices Ltd who manufactured the first heart pacemakers.</div>
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<i>“When Barnet Combs was taken over by Holpak (a subsidiary of Unilever), they had a production factory built on the out skirts of Glemsford, not far from Lavenham. One of the main products was the Ski yoghurt pots, Fairy liquid bottles, Parazone bottles, Domestos bottles and injection moulded products. There was a small repair tool room, but if a major breakdown occurred then a toolmaker / toolmakers would be sent from here in Welwyn Garden City, often overnight stays,weekends too (production came first). The factory site was by the banks of the river Stour, on the Clare - Long Melford road, (the factory is no longer there).”</i></div>
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E. R. Holloway of Hyde Way, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. Telephone: Welwyn Garden 597. Cables: “Allkombs, Welwyn Garden City”</div>
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1947 British Industries Fair Advert for “Barnet” combs and slides – for reliability and durability. Manufacturers of the “Barnet” Series of Hair Combs, Hair Slides and Sundry Articles. Proprietors of Lustrac Plastics Limited, Manufacturers of “Lustrac” Cellulose Acetate and Vinyl Acetate Injection Moulding Powders. (Plastics Section – Earls Court, 1st Floor, Stand No. 790) [1]</div>
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1950 A substantial interest was acquired by Thomas Tilling.</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Although Britain’s largest hair comb manufacturers, the Group have extended their activities to more and more other fields, from brushware to sunglasses, including plastic components and containers that serve other industries; and the subsidiary, “Lustrac Plastics,” makes raw material for both the Group and outside customers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">E. R. Holloway’s Ltd. warehouses and offices operate in Bessemer Road. From here the Group products go all over Britain and the world; and despite the increasing size of the company the character of a family business is still preserved, under direction of Holloway brothers in active management.</span></div>
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The association of the E. R. Holloway Ltd. group of companies with Welwyn Garden City dates from 1934 when they transferred from Southgate a small factory engaged in the finishing of vulcanite combs.</div>
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The story of the progress of E. R. Holloway Ltd. and their associated companies may not be remarkable, but it is typical of that of the many family businesses whose contribution to the prosperity of this country has been so invaluable. A limited company was formed in 1924 and offices were taken in the City of London, but not until 1931 was any manufacturing done, and then it was only the finishing, by processes that now seem crude and laborious, of vulcanite combs. From the time when this small factory of the Barnet Comb Company arrived in the Garden City the manufacturing side of the business began to go ahead until within a few years almost all the goods sold by E. R. Holloway Ltd. were the products of their own subsidiary.</div>
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In 1938 the warehouse and offices left the City for the more attractive and convenient site adjacent to the factory. Since then and indeed even before, the record has been one of constant experiment and innovation, and of almost equally constant growth. An injection moulding machine was installed in 1936 and the Barnet Comb Company produced commercially the first injection-moulded comb in this country.</div>
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Lustrac Plastics Ltd., a further subsidiary, was formed in 1943 for the manufacture of moulding powders. This in turn proved a success. Not only were its cellulose acetate powders wanted for the group’s own products, but a prosperous trade was built up with outside moulding firms. This company has now turned its attention to other materials besides celullose acetate and has extended its activities to include extrusion processes. It is thus able to meet the growing industrial demand for such articles as shaped rods and tubes.</div>
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For over thirty years now, the aim of the directors of this group has been to give a quality and a service second to none. The results speak for themselves. Since the end of the war, in spite of raw materials shortages and of increasing competition, the output of the group has increased by over 300 per cent in volume, and the increase by value has been even greater. Moreover, since a high proportion of its goods are sent overseas, the group has the satisfaction of knowing that it is making its contribution to the nation’s export drive.</div>
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<i>After about a year, I was moved to Sales Ledger Office, which was upstairs. We were managed by Jackie Warom and we had Brenda Hanks, Adele Christie, Helen ? and Christine Webber in the office. My job was mainly doing reconciliations of the Woolworths purchases (which could be up to about £3 million in one month). I also had to take the monthly cheque from Woolworths to London and pay it into Woolworth’s head office branch of Barclays so it would get transferred to Holloways account immediately.</i><br />
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<i>Next to Sales ledger was the kitchen where Daphne ? & Peggy Clarke used to make the teas & coffees. On the other side of the Sales Ledger office was the Bought Ledger & Wages office, managed by Warren Mitchell. They used to pay the staff in cash and each Friday they used to come round with your wages & payslips in envelopes, which you had to sign for. You always hoped it would be before lunchtime so you could go to the pub!</i><br />
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<i>“Walk through the main entrance to the Riverside works. Reception desk is on the right (Shirley was the receptionist in my day), the stairs are on the left. Further to the left was Adrian Bridge’s (Finance Director) office and next to that was the costing office where I started. We shared the same door.</i><br />
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<i>More or less directly in front was the door out to the filling floor. Round to the right, past the reception was a corridor. On the left was the clocking in machine, Clive Bareham’s (Accountant then factory manager) office, a room with a printer in which printer the works order listings and such like and then personnel, which was home to Joy Swancott and Astrid Day. On the right of the corridor was the boardroom and Mr Bradley’s (Production Director?) office. At the end of the corridor was the planning office and you had to go through the planning office to the buying office.</i><br />
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<i>Upstairs on the left was Bertie Holloway’s office and next to that his secretary Sue Bull. Turn right and there were 2 offices – 1 directly in front of you and one on the right. Not sure what these were but I remember Nicki Harvey sat in one, as did Jane Moorcroft and Donna Slater. The other one had Paula Long in it and at the end of it was Chris Holloway’s office.</i><br />
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<i>Before you got to these 2 offices, you went left, through a double door and you had the kitchen to the left and sales ledger in front of you. I ended up there with Jackie Warren, Christine Webber, Adele Christie, Brenda Hanks and Helen……????. Next to sales ledger was bought ledger/wages office, managed by Warren Mitchell.</i><br />
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<i>To the right was the export office where Simon ??, Sharon ?? & Lisa Grainger worked. Round a bit to the left was the design office where John Baxter was in charge and Darren Guiheen worked. There were also some stairs down to the filling floor.</i></div>
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<i>Out onto the filling floor, if you went right, you walked down to the goods in & stores where Brenda Long was in charge and also Damon Corbett & Rachel Zanoni worked. Through there was the canteen.</i></div>
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<i>If you went past the goods in, you ended up at the powder room, or round to the right was the lipstick room and the lab.</i></div>
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<i>Turning left on the filling floor took you down to the warehouse, Marks & Spencer’s, the old bath salts belt, the nail polish room and the mascara filling machine.</i></div>
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<i>I remember Paul Abbott being the chief maintenance man, Ron Davies the factory manager, Mac the lorry driver, Olive Hollocks, Sharon Hollocks, Wally Byford, Joan Mayes…….”</i></div>
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-42197981963718652052014-03-30T08:35:00.000-07:002014-03-30T08:35:13.636-07:00TV Adverts...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This Austin Metro TV Advert was filmed in Lavenham in 1980 and caused much excitement amongst the factory workers at the time… <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-8LgXjQbc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-8LgXjQbc</a><br />
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I found this TV Advert on Youtube…” E.R. Holloway launched a big campaign for Evette in 1963 with leaflets distributed in-store and through magazines and radio advertising on Radio Caroline in an attempt to outdo Miners which was the fastest growing brand of the era. “…<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQHnFg7S0c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQHnFg7S0c</a></div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-59220255370277905252014-03-30T08:33:00.003-07:002014-03-30T08:33:58.388-07:00Nail Polish...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These tiny bottles came along really fast and it was a challenge to get the caps on. I only recall working in the nail polish room on one occasion.</div>
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-55663151060915712482014-03-30T08:32:00.002-07:002014-03-30T08:32:57.304-07:00The Mill...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I never worked in The Mill, however, the following information comes from someone who did work there from late summer, 1983.</div>
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“I became a mould injection machinist with ‘top rate’ bonus. We pressed all the different combs here, along with the ‘form-ins’ that the Riverside works used in the gift sets etc. These form-ins were made on the vac former machines at the annexe to the mill. These were HUGE and gave off a lot of heat – lovely in winter, unbearable in summer. I recall it was 94 F outside, but a thermometer showed it was 135 F near the vac formers! Part of our duty as a ‘ top rate’ machinist was to train new operators of said machines. The mould injectors were awesome in size, and very long. There were 13 machines in all – but they avoided using the number ‘13’ by having a 12 a next to machine 12 . Only two girls (me and another girl) could keep up with the (then) ultra fast machine 6 which was often used to press coat hangers for Woolworths.</div>
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Some of the smaller maroon coloured cases were also pressed there, along with the ‘dreaded’ single eye shadow singles bases. These were done on the slowest machines. We used to moan and groan when rostered onto these machines. The single bases, I say were dreaded, as these had to be counted as you dropped them into a clear huge plastic sack – there were literally thousands in one bag. One day, a bag of these were on a table ready to be sealed. I came along and tripped on something, grabbed the bag as I was going over in panic,then they hit the floor with a wave of massive noise with me falling on top of them lying flat on the floor. Well !! I have never laughed so much in all my life … The cases were gold blocked ,at the opposite end of the Mill, with the ‘Evette’ brand on the clear plastic lids. A lovely old lady, used to operate the machines for this task.</div>
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I loved my time at the Mill – and the people who worked there. The Mill was shut down in the mid 80’s and the girls were sent back to Riverside.</div>
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I do believe the Mill was haunted! In times of old, it was a wool mill with looms etc. There were actually evidence of Victorian graffiti in the main doorway – i.e. names, initials and dates – very fascinating. The aforementioned ghost was said to be of a man who had issues with the mill owner many years ago. He was said to have hung himself in the annexe where the vac formers were – actually the fitters tool room to be exact. The girls did, indeed, have strange experiences on machine 13 (12a). This was the machine nearest the annexe – normally, the feeling of someone standing behind you whilst you worked was commonly experienced. I do believe they had a name for the ghost (never seen), but I cannot recall it. The atmosphere was certainly different and subdued in that area as opposed to elsewhere … a riot of laughter normally”.</div>
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Many thanks indeed to the lady who sent me all of this information.</div>
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Checking out historical records, the building was never actually a woollen mill – it was built in 1865 (alongside the maltings) as a steam driven corn mill – eventually replacing the windmills on Windmill Hill (Bury Road), but this should not detract from the stories about the hauntings as it WAS a mill (albeit corn, not wool).</div>
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-62129635143516478692014-03-30T08:30:00.003-07:002014-03-30T08:30:47.661-07:00Barns...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There was the big barn building, made of rusty corrugated sheet metal where bottles and cardboard were stored. It was situated just off the car park outside the factory, and lorry trailers were parked out the front.<br />
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There was also a place called ‘the old barn’ which was further up the street, which had a preservation order on it. It was a few hundred years old so had no electricity and no lights inside for fire safety reasons. It was accessed by a ladder to get up to it as it was built a few feet off floor level, and was a bit creepy. It was pitch black inside and very low headroom and full of big spiders! Workers (men) had to grope about peering into the dark using the little bit of daylight they had. More boxes of bottles and stuff were stored in there and it was a bit of a pain getting it back to the factory as it all had to be carried back on a pallet truck down the road. (Many thanks to Simon Fisher for this information).<br />
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I’m reliably informed that the ‘tin shed’ is now at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket.</div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-88993492021115155982014-03-30T08:30:00.000-07:002014-03-30T08:30:16.932-07:00Accounts Department...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-54470258556250250412014-03-30T08:29:00.002-07:002014-03-30T08:29:29.328-07:00Planning Office...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is a description of what happened in the Planning Office, courtesy of an ex-worker: “Basically we would received the orders that the sales and marketing team would get in and we would turn it into reality. So if Marks and Spencer wanted 5,000 cosmetic boxes by July this year we would plan how long this would take as obviously we would have to think about the time it would take to get the products made but also the time it took (lead time) to get the boxes, or mascara wands etc in too. Some things came from China etc so longer lead times.<br />
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There was a system we used called an MRP system which I believe a lot of companies still use today. Think this stood for manufacture resource planning. So if we planned to make the box in June to deliver in July it would then work out when all the eyeshadows or lipsticks etc had to be made up to be in time to make box, we would then stick this on our planning board and track things on a daily basis, so for a nice simple product like an Evette Eyeshadow lets say colour Thistledown, I think the line number was EC223TD!! We would most probably have the lids and bases in stock most of the time so we would just need to ensure the labels were produced and the eyeshadow itself was made up and pressed into a “godet” ready to put into the base. We would also need to make sure the outer boxes were in stock together with the outer labels. We would quite often have some base line products already lined up for when a line went down and these eyeshadows were easy to make up and could be put in most parts of the factory.”</div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-15075346781328302522014-03-30T08:28:00.003-07:002014-03-30T08:28:50.937-07:00Personnel Department...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For those of us who experienced a few issues while working at the factory, there was a ‘Personnel Department’ where you could discuss your problems. I don’t remember this being much more than a woman in an office simply making notes without offering much in the way of practical advice, but maybe others found it more useful. When I really needed help one time, the lady who was the older of the two managers at Riverside Works (bubble bath and shampoo section) was far more understanding.</div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-89999990816250805422014-03-30T08:28:00.000-07:002014-03-30T08:28:06.252-07:00Health and Safety...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There didn’t appear to be too much awareness of health and safety on the factory floor, you simply generally did as you were told and did not ask questions. However, after one young girl managed to cut her foot open on broken glass while wearing summer sandals, we were all given leaflets from a sturdy shoe manufacturer and were encouraged to buy a pair. In reality, these shoes were far too expensive for most of the workers and we just didn’t bother.<br />
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At one point I believe that the firm were fined for polluting the river after shampoo pallets accidently fell into the water (I expect there’s some information in the local newspaper archives regarding the matter).</div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-8991188289007932582014-03-30T08:27:00.002-07:002014-03-30T08:27:27.942-07:00Wages...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wages were notoriously poor, possibly on the grounds that the company were paying for transport to and from the premises every day. Occasionally overtime on a Saturday was on offer but even with the extra hours I never managed to make as much as £40 in any one week.<br />
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I remember that there was a points system whereby if a particular belt were to hit its target, everyone on the belt would gain a point, which translated into a bonus at the end of the week. Targets were set almost impossibly high. In any case, points only amounted to a few pence extra in your pay packet.</div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-85283154313219360402014-03-30T08:26:00.002-07:002014-03-30T08:26:56.555-07:00Works Canteen...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You had to pay for any teas/coffees/snacks or dinners you wanted in the canteen. I rarely had a hot meal as it was cheaper to bring sandwiches from home, although I do remember that I enjoyed eating the goulash when it was on the menu!<br />
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I vaguely recall that tea break was done in shifts, and that you barely had time to queue for your tea, pay for it and sit down before teabreak was over.<br />
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At the back of the canteen was the shop where you could purchase rejects for a small sum; 1p for a nail polish for example.<br />
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The canteen manager was Connie Lister.<br />
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Peggy the tea-lady used to go around the offices with teas and coffees mid-morning and (possibly) mid-afternoon.</div>
Slice of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16218706966668377040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265922638665281079.post-66642611417226489152014-03-30T08:25:00.003-07:002014-03-30T08:25:48.279-07:00Quality Control...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Myself and another girl were once asked to go through a huge box of cosmetics which had been sent back from overseas due to quality issues. This task took several weeks to complete. We found that most of the lip glosses had been packed before they’d set and over half the contents would have failed quality control. (This particular task was done in the warehouse next to the aerosol factory).</div>
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Work at the factory was very labour-intensive and I do remember having to put an awful lot of sticky labels onto things by hand. These, obviously, all had to be as straight as you could physically get them, which wasn’t always as easy as it sounds. Myself and another girl once had the unenviable task of hand labelling boxes and boxes of perfume bottles, which may well have lasted several weeks. (This was done during a quiet period in the aerosol factory when the belts weren’t in operation).</div>
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