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Though British workers were sold a post-war dream of a whole nation pulling together to rebuild their shattered county, the reality was rather different as the old, established order of class continued to dominate the workplace and society.

In this clip from the British at Work, Kirsty Young speaks to workers about their experiences of workplace deference in the fifties.

Kay Millward knew that secretaries shouldn鈥檛 question their bosses. Brian Palmer, then just starting out in the advertising industry, reminisces about how dress code was an indicator of position and status and Lance Dunkely, a Wolverhampton forge worker speaks about the distance that management kept from the working man and the simmering resentment this hierarchy bred.