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Working at a cardboard box factory

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Miriam Tomlinson
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Nottingham
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Civilian
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A5550509
Contributed on:听
06 September 2005

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I WORKED AT A CARDBOARD BOX FACTORY CALLED HARRISON MORRIS AND USED TO COME HOME EVERYDAY COVERED IN GLUE WHICH WE USED FOR STICKING THE BOXES TOGETHER WITH, THE GLUE WAS STORED IN BIG VATS, I WORKED FROM 8AM - 6PM AND GOT 8s 6p WAGES, THIS HAD TO BE HANDED OVER TO MY PARENTS IN UNOPENED WAGE PACKET AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME A SHILLING SPENDING MONEY OUT OF IT, AND I HAD TO BUY MY NYLONS FROM THAT.

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Message 1 - Working in a cardboard factory

Posted on: 06 September 2005 by Audrey Lewis - WW2 Site Helper

Message for Miriam Tomlinson.
Thank you so much for your story. Your job was certainly a 'sticky one'.It made me remember when I got my first job in a chemist shop - toward the end of the war. Mine paid 7/6d and I too had 1/- for everything. How did we manage? Can you see young people today doing long hours for those wages? Can you remember more?
Kindest regards,
Audrey Lewis

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