http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/liverpools-working-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liverpools-working-women A Pictorial History of Liverpool Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/liverpools-working-women/#comment-475 Monica Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:34:18 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1809#comment-475 My Mum won Miss Vernon Pools competition in 1940's roughly!! Her name was Doreen Sanders does anyone remember her she was at Vernons for several years in the late 40's early 50's My Mum won Miss Vernon Pools competition in 1940′s roughly!! Her name was Doreen Sanders does anyone remember her she was at Vernons for several years in the late 40′s early 50′s

]]> http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/liverpools-working-women/#comment-458 Pam Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:10:51 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1809#comment-458 I had a Saturday job in the mid 1970s at Littlewoods on Walton Hall Avenue. It is striking how very similar it was to this photo of 40 years before. A vast hanger of an industrial building, serried ranks of women flicking speediy through huge piles of paper with the assistance of mechanical adding machines. Strict timekeeping through scary supervisors and ancient clocking on machines, and random searches of staff; but on the otherhand 'music while you work' on the tannoy. In less than 10 years, office work was calculators, computers and flexi, and different still, now, with remote working/hot-desking, video conferencing, smart-phones etc. I had a Saturday job in the mid 1970s at Littlewoods on Walton Hall Avenue. It is striking how very similar it was to this photo of 40 years before. A vast hanger of an industrial building, serried ranks of women flicking speediy through huge piles of paper with the assistance of mechanical adding machines. Strict timekeeping through scary supervisors and ancient clocking on machines, and random searches of staff; but on the otherhand ‘music while you work’ on the tannoy. In less than 10 years, office work was calculators, computers and flexi, and different still, now, with remote working/hot-desking, video conferencing, smart-phones etc.

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