Working At Woolworth

A Memory of Dagenham.

This postcard brings back the memories of my first Saturday job in Woolworths on the right hand side of this picture. I almost recall being paid 13 shillings for the day and all legal deductions were made. And this history, along with other jobs I had was very important when I came to claim the minimum UK pension when I officially retired at 62. When the weather was hot, the store manager had an ice cream freezer pushed outside the store and I served the ice cream and lollies from there. But with the inclement Dagenham weather, that did not occur often. The counter work and people who worked at "Woolies" fascinated me. My boyfriend of that time would meet me after work on Saturday and we'd go to the pictures and walk home afterwards to St.George's Road, off Parsloes Avenue.