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We used to work on a conveyor belt, and somebody passed the work down the conveyor belt down there and then the room was over there – the buffalo-ers and all that. And then there were times when the line would start up with \u201cThere’s a hole in my bucket dear so and so,\u201d then when it came to the next line, the room would sing it and then we would sing it. And then sometimes, we had different words put in it, as you can imagine.
[Judith, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 60s and 70s, coats were made in bright colours to keep up with the fashions
Photo: Howard Stone<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

They had their own cutter in the sample section, where they would try out new designs. The cutter would cut for samples and then they had the main cutter who would cut the coats in the main section.
[Shirley, Baily’s]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pattern cutters had to be accurate and adaptable as styles changed
Photo: Howard Stone<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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And when you got timed, you\u2019d take your time, and when you\u2019re on fixing, it was amazing how often the cotton broke \u2013 hmmm \u2013 Strange that innit?
[Judith, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like many employees, Judith Kenniston started work at Morlands when she left school at 15
Photo: Judith Kenniston<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n\n\n\n
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We made the white sheepskin numnahs as well, ordinary white sheepskins, short haired sheepskin ones for under saddles. And, we also made the bear skin ones. They were thick \u2013 really heavy skins. When I was stitching them, I tried not to imagine \u2013 where they came from.
[Fran, Morlands and Baily’s]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the cut pieces for a coat were kept in a box. Each worker did their task, returned the pieces to the box and handed it on. Fran Truscott at Baily’s c.1986
Photo: Fran Truscott<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was a coat stitcher \u2013 I did buttonholes, pockets, side seams. And then I went on to do the coats that would go off up to London and I made the whole coats.
[Caroline B, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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