Stories

Carbon paper, Canada and the civil service (1961-1996)

Lal became a secretary in Oxford and London and then went to Canada for a few years – she worked in Toronto and Vancouver. On

The doings of the Dewings – a farmer’s tale (1954-1997)

Richard has been a farmer most of his life. He moved from a small farm in Bressingham to South Walsham from where he retired in

The only child who fell in love with nursing (1963-2005)

Brenda talks about her varied career in nursing, from the early days in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps in Singapore, the Ex-Services Mental Welfare

Secretarial work through the decades (1948-1992)

Muriel was a secretary in several business, notably at Broadland Hatchery. Later she worked as a school secretary and enjoyed interacting with the children. I

Memories of an office clerk at F.W. Harmer (1957-1990)

Eileen describes her work as an office clerk and comptometer operator at F.W. Harmer of Norwich (a major clothing manufacturer) and at other Norwich firms.

When I look back – gardening stories (1936-1990s)

Peter was a gardener-porter at Heigham Grove maternity hospital before the health service. Later he was the gardener for the BBC in St Catherine’s Close

Short and sweets! (1970-1972)

Susan recalls working on iconic confectionery at Rowntree Mackintosh in Norwich while the smell of chocolate permeated the city. Starting on the Weekend belt I