Payday Memories of Era When Hard Cash Was King ; When Freda Woodvine Was a Pottery Wages Clerk in the 1950s, Earnings Were Paid in Cash and the Tiniest Discrepancy Was a Major Headache, Writes Alan Cookman

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THE work of a factory wages clerk was different in the low-tech 1950s. Freda Woodvine, nee Taylor, handled hundreds of pay packets and the accounts had to balance to the nearest halfpenny.

"I worked in the wages office of Booth's Earthenware of Tunstall who merged with Colclough China at Longton.

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Payday Memories of Era When Hard Cash Was King ; When Freda Woodvine Was a Pottery Wages Clerk in the 1950s, Earnings Were Paid in Cash and the Tiniest Discrepancy Was a Major Headache, Writes Alan Cookman

"The smart HQ was in Market/ Huntbach Street, Hanley, with a receptionist and uniformed commissionaire.

"Hanley was a vibrant place in ...

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