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In the early days it was very good, because everybody had their own job to do and everybody seemed to be happy, and you\u2019d have a bit of a chat, between people, you know.
[Roger, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember no one as young as me in the room, but we got on very well. We\u2019d go to lunch together and we\u2019d play cribbage at the lunch table.
[Rosa, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ups and downs we had ups and downs. We had shortages and what have you: the stuff didn\u2019t come, the orders weren\u2019t there, all sorts of things happened. But in the main it was lovely work. Lovely.
[Terry, Baily’s]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group of pensioners at Morlands, including Fred Perry (top row right hand side) and “one of the great characters of the firm” Clarence Perry (top row, fourth from the left). This was an event to mark the 65th birthday of Harry Scott Stokes, Chairman of Morlands
Photo: Alan Hooper<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The tea trolley came around – because we were new, we didn\u2019t know and we went up first and nobody spoke to us for two days because there was a certain hierarchy of people who had been there the longest or had some other sort of kudos. There was a pecking order that we didn\u2019t know about. But we very quickly learnt – it\u2019s hard to imagine now. We sat back down at our benches and there was a definite atmosphere – we\u2019d crossed the line, that we didn\u2019t even know was there! And then certain people went up, people who had been there the longest or the oldest or something and then we had to take our place and come last the next day. We didn\u2019t, really have a clue but that\u2019s just the way it was.
[Tim, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The old sort of jobs – cutting hedges and things – were being mechanised. Going into the factory was a golden opportunity for a lot of people and the money was really good.
[Tim, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morlands employees, 1924
Photo: Sally Hill and Ann Morgan<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The secretaries always thought they were one better than everybody else – because they could do short-hand typing!
[Julia, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a wonderful place to work, everybody was family and they’re still family now.
[Wendy F, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was only about ten of us in that section. But it was a very nice small unit, they were all very friendly, it was just a lovely, lovely job.
[Wendy M, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole thing was really, really buzzing. It was a hive of industry – incredible really.
[Tim, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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