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