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Enjoying It
"but I enjoyed the years working — I enjoyed
the women and the singing and the outings — and
I enjoyed the work" (Gladys)
Women
had many reasons for enjoying their work at Rowntrees.
Sometimes it was simply because they were able to do it
or were “used to it.” For instance, Alice
remembered how she loved ‘cupping,’ putting
the Black Magic sweets into separate paper cups, because
she could “just…do them very quick.”
Many women, including Lily, also enjoyed the artistic
side of the work – hand-piping
patterns on the chocolates and packing them into beautifully
designed boxes. Lily remembers, “it was a lovely
presentation with hand-piping to what it is now with
the machines.” Box-making, particularly in the
days before ‘flat-pack’
boxes, was another area in which the women could
be creative.
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