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Sylvia Austin talks about her time at the Wallington Weston factory and describes working in the company’s busy tile department

Trevor Biggs talks about his time at Wallington Weston and how he became active in the social club and in the trade union

Russell Milne discusses working life and practices in the printing firm of Butler and Tanner, and remembers his boss, Joe Tanner

Stuart North discusses the sale of the Frome-based printing firm, Butler and Tanner, and recalls how mass redundancies resulted in a march through Frome

Ron Stone discusses life at the Butler and Tanner print works in Frome. He talks about his work there, and the Tanner family

Father and son, Ron and Pete Stone talk about their working time at Butler and Tanner, where it was common for several generations to work together

Stuart North talks about his work at the printing firm, Butler and Tanner, and how the company later became Butler, Tanner and Dennis

Muriel Chapman looks back at her time at Butler and Tanner where she started work in 1929 and was employed in the bindery departement

John Stocker looks back to his working time at Cockey’s Iron Works and tells how his father drove the crane that poured red hot metal into the casts