Worker & Co., millowners, were certainly hard on their employees. Worker himself always took his stand by the gate in the morning to pick out the unfortunates who were two minutes late. One morning, a little after starting time he saw a heavy-eyed man drag himself wearily through the gate. In a second Worker was upon him. " Ah, Tom Jakes," he cried, " you are three minutes late. You are fined threepence. Don't speak ; you know the rules ! Threepence, I say!" '.' Hold 'ard, guv'nor !" sighed the weary one. " I ain't knocited oil front yesterday ret 1"
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2285, 19 February 1912, Page 2
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