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    Sarah Ackrill

    As a 15 year old boy I had a part time job at the QUEENS ARMS PUB in Heath Street, Wilson Green. I attended Barford Road Secondary Boys School. In the lunchtime break I had to race home, to the pub, to prepare the 'smoke room' for lunchtime dinners for the workers of the nearby GUEST KEEN AND...
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    Paynes shoe repairs

    Hi jpmburns. I had a very happy 1st employment with Payne's they were a great firm to work for. They had a worker's profit sharing scheme, and each branches profits were shared out fairly to each member. You can imagine the joy for me, as a 14yr old boy, receiving a cheque for about £15
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    Paynes shoe repairs

    As a 14 year old boy in 1954, my first job was with Payne's Shoe Repairs in Winson Green Road, close to the prison. I was a shoe finisher, tidying up the repaired shoes, smoothing off the rough edges of the repairs, painting the edges and bottoms of the shoes. I also had to take to, and fetch...
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