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The forewoman was quite strict, but she was fair and strict. But then, she had to be.
[Rosemary, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d find the jobs in the offices as well as out on the factory floor were very gender segregated, they really were. None of the high-profile jobs out on the work floor were done by women. All the coat-cutters were men, and they were the most prized of the lot – and they were very skilled men, they really were. But most of the women\u2019s jobs really were doing the sewing, working on the machines.
[Julia, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking through the cutting room, where those men – and they were mostly men – I\u2019m not joking, used to work with such sharp knives. Their eyes were never on the work they were doing! It was across the room: somebody\u2019s legs, somebody\u2019s hair, something. There were always jokes, always comments. Honestly, some of the things that we used to have to suffer \u2013 especially as younger girls \u2013 walking through these departments. Today it’s considered very very \u2018no no\u2019 but in those days it was part of life.
[Rosa, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jean\n
Jean Christopher with friends outside the Morlands canteen
Photo: Bev Coggins and Sue Ford<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s a strange thing, they seemed more caring with the male part than they did with the female part. Now, whether it\u2019s just because they didn\u2019t know how to\u2026They were very generous though, because when I got married they gave me a whole bedroom suite as a wedding present.
[Julia, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Barb\n
Barb Joliffe, who was forewoman for many years at Morlands, inspecting work
Photo: Morlands Magazine, Spring, 1953<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was a junior who I was training up,and when it came to the Christmas bonus, he was getting five pounds more than I was. I was getting ten pounds, he was getting fifteen. And I said, I\u2019ve been here all these years and I\u2019ve got all this responsibility, and I\u2019m getting five pounds less than this other person? Yeah well, cos you see he\u2019s a man. I said, he may well be a man, but he hasn\u2019t got the experience that I\u2019ve got in this department, and I think this is completely wrong.
[Gloria, Baily’s]<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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