Working on the Lines cont.
Work changed over the years – before the 1950s
an individual woman might be responsible for packing
whole boxes of chocolates, putting sweets into individual
cups and then into the box according to a set pattern.
Later, individual cups were replaced by vacuum
formed trays (VFT). Women sat directly at the conveyor,
placing only a couple of sweets into the trays as they
went past.
The waste room, where women stripped waste sweets of
their wrappers, was more relaxed and was often occupied
by older workers. Most women worked on several different
jobs and they had to adapt to being moved around.
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