Wally Beer, a foreman edge trimmer for M. O’Brien and Co., with the last pair of shoes he worked on. Mr Beer, aged 70, retired yesterday, ending 56 years with the company, and is booking forward to "a good loaf around." He started when he was 14, earning 10 shillings a week working on the hot wax threading machines used for stitching seams.
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63Wally Beer, a foreman edge trimmer for M. O’Brien and Co., with the last pair of shoes he worked on. Mr Beer, aged 70, retired yesterday, ending 56 years with the company, and is booking forward to "a good loaf around." He started when he was 14, earning 10 shillings a week working on the hot wax threading machines used for stitching seams. Press, 28 March 1981, Page 1
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