Business

A very different working world (1962-2000)

Anne describes the working life of a grammar-school educated woman with secretarial training working for an optician in Bury and then for a well-known Thetford

A head for figures (1967-2010)

Margaret talks about her working life from her first steps in accounts at John Mackintosh to the challenges she faced juggling the demands of childcare,

From Secretary to Town Mayor. A life in community service (1955-2010)

Audrey’s first jobs in North Walsham were as a bookkeeper and secretary in engineering firms Randells & Gleave and Key. Later she worked at the

Thoughts on the Shoe Industry (1950-1985)

Michael was a sales manager in the Norwich shoe firms of Norvic and Bally. He reviews the processes of factory-made shoes and gives his thoughts

A member of today’s Mile Cross community (1945-2010)

Betty remembers growing up in Sprowston, pinching apples, decorating chocolates, and frying fish, and talks about living in Mile Cross today. Childhood in Sprowston I

Travels of a Norfolk Boy (1955-2009)

Ted worked for 25 years at Laurence Scott & Electromotors. After an extensive training as a mechanical and electrical engineer, he became more interested in

Working through the ranks at Norwich Union (1960s-1970s)

Patricia describes her long working life with Norwich Union and the ways in which she benefited from the equalities legislation of the 1970s. Joining Norwich

From beer to print via shoes (1945-1998)

Victor describes his journey from junior clerk in a brewery to director of a printing company. He tells of his time as manager of the

Half a crown and a hearth brush (1951 – 1993)

Alan tells about his varied career in finance. Starting as a general clerk in a Tyneside shipping office, he attended evening classes and qualified as

Mixed Blessings (1950s-2009)

Graham started his working life as an apprentice pattern-cutter in his father’s shoe factory, Batson & Webster, in Fishergate in Norwich. He and his brother