The sugar girls of Love Lane
Barrett, Duncan2024
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The remarkable stories of those who worked at the famous Tate & Lyle factory in Liverpool. For over a hundred years until it closed in 1981, Henry Tate's flagship sugar refinery at Love Lane dominated the Liverpool skyline - and was the beating heart of the local community. More than 10,000 workers passed through the doors of the factory during its lifetime, with some families counting four or even five generations of service. Young women leaving school in the post-war years were drawn by the good wages and the unrivalled social life that Tate & Lyle offered. When they arrived, they started at the very bottom, sweeping sugar off the floors, before graduating to packing and weighing by hand. The work was tough, with girls expected to stack heavy bags of sugar onto pallets five feet high, and by the end of the day their arms were aching and their stockings full of sugar dust.
Main title:
The sugar girls of Love Lane / Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi.
Author:
Barrett, Duncan, authorCalvi, Nuala, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2024.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781471148170 (pbk)
Dewey class:
331.48641220942753331.4331.486
LC class:
HD6073.S82
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3759404