I started out working at a company called G H Strauss in Manchester. They closed down and I transferred to a sister company in Pendleton, Frederick road called Mandlebergs. It was a raincoat manufacturers. I was office junior for a while, then I was promoted to buyers secretary. One day I had to walk through the factory and I was suddenly aware of a lady speaking to me, it was my mother!
I didn't realise that was where she was working, it was the most surreal moment I had.