The Nostalgia column with Margaret Watson: How our shopping habits have changed

Well staffed: This picture of Brough’s Grocers in Daisy Hill shows just how many people used to work in food shops before self service was introduced. Dorothy Heaton is the one wearing the dark uniform in the centre. Other staff who handled food wore white, but because she worked in the office, she wore green.Well staffed: This picture of Brough’s Grocers in Daisy Hill shows just how many people used to work in food shops before self service was introduced. Dorothy Heaton is the one wearing the dark uniform in the centre. Other staff who handled food wore white, but because she worked in the office, she wore green.
Well staffed: This picture of Brough’s Grocers in Daisy Hill shows just how many people used to work in food shops before self service was introduced. Dorothy Heaton is the one wearing the dark uniform in the centre. Other staff who handled food wore white, but because she worked in the office, she wore green.
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