Retail

Entertainer and all round worker (1942-2013)

Dot married young during the war and had five children. She worked in many well-known Norwich companies, including shoe firms, Caley’s, Mackintoshes and Sainsbury’s, the

A bit of this and a bit of that (1975-2013)

Beverley worked in an old people’s home, a coffee shop and a bakery. Later, she worked as a cleaner and a chambermaid which she enjoyed

From spanner to ‘scape wheel. Mechanic to watchmaker (1951-1999)

Gordon trained as mechanic with the REME, with whom he served in Germany. After working briefly for Mann Egerton’s in Norwich he trained as a

Bevin Boy, miner and publican (1941-1987)

Peter was a Bevin Boy who stayed on working in the mines and ended up as a publican. I was fourteen years old when I

Sales and recycling (1953-2000)

Robin recalls his working life delivering groceries by bicycle, Walls’ produce by mobile van, recycling waste materials and managing a public hall. Boxes on bicycles,

Retouching before computers (1963-2011)

Mick describes his early days in the family ice cream business, his job as a photo litho retoucher at Jarrolds and at East Anglian Engraving.

The dye house, the grocery business and nuclear fuels (1934-1985)

John’s first job was as a dyer working in the textile laboratory for Wolsey Limited in Leicester. He subsequently worked for a number of textiles

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