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Tape 10 - The Store Staff Interview
Tape 10 – The Store Staff Interview
01.20 – managers and their roles
01.30 – details of delivery department
02.40 – orders collected and typed into delivery dockets by office girls
02.50 – packaging of goods / different dockets for different types of goods
03.20 – packing room / wooden counters / separate, assemble and wrap parcels / teams with assemblers & wrappers named after a senior team member / wrapped brown paper and tied with rope /
04.45 – lay up room / sugar, flour etc packed here
05.40 – new packing department in Clyde St during 1950’s when Hunter St area became too small
06.20 – 1954 / moved to new building / over 100 staff / managers
07.00 – lists famous people who worked at The Store
07.55 – travelling shop / managers / home delivery declined with self service shopping / phased out
09.00 – things start to go wrong late 1970’s / shocked / less than two years and it collapsed
10.00 – union minded / welfare club / sickness benefit club /
10.30 – variety concert & review during 1950’s / revived later as Store on Stage\
11.00 – picnic day / special trains needed to transport everyone
SubjectNewcastle and Suburban Co-operative Society Ltd. -- HistoryCooperative societies -- New South Wales -- Newcastle