Barbara Grabham was aged 71 when this photograph was taken, and pictured here with her husband Harold. She was born in South Chard in 1932.

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"My father went to work at the age of 11. He was a twist hand all his life at the lace mill at Perry Street. My mother worked as a wheel winder in Boden's lace mill in Chard. I was the youngest of eight and started work at Wiltshire United Dairies. Then I went to work for Brecknell Willis."