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I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗
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Working in a soap factory in Huddersfield. I was in my late teens, so I was basically hungover every day.
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Reading the news. It’s a dull job.
Lucy Worsley
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In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.
Tom Ellis
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When I was 17, I worked in a warehouse in Rotherham doing an audit of truck parts. I counted nuts and bolts all day long.
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