Lynn News All Our Yesterdays business: Del Monte West Lynn, Ramadan at Multitone on Hardwick Industrial Estate, borough mayor Paul Richards opening Premier Telecom in London Road, Sainsbury’s in May 2000 & 2008

All Our Yesterdays nostalgia photo spread part one: May business world

May 2000: Staff at the Del Monte factory in West Lynn were working flat out, five days a week, 24 hours a day, to supply supermarkets and shops nationwide with cartons of orange juice, apple juice, pineapple juice – in fact just about every type of juice.

Production chargehand Richard Farrow checks one of the 24,000 cartons of fruit juice moving along the conveyor belts every hour. Photo: MLNF-000542820

May 2000: A double charity success at Lynn’s Hardwick Industrial Estate factory of Multitone.

Members of the fault-finding team joined their colleague Kas Mahmood during the Muslim festival of Ramadan and for one day there was a ban on eating, drinking and smoking from daybreak to sunset, raising £104.

This was added to £1,040 raised by Tony Hunt (right) from his London Marathon effort, with the Multitone board donating a further £250 and the cheque was presented to Pam Carter of the West Norfolk fundraising committee. Photo: MLNF-000539515

May 2000: Striving to keep customers informed about the latest technological developments led to Lynn’s Premier Telecom opening a new showroom in London Road.

Dr Paul Richards, borough mayor at the time of the opening, cuts the ribbon at the launch with business owner Carlo Newson.

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May 2008: Long-serving staff at Lynn’s Sainsbury’s store celebrated a remarkable combined total of 493 years employment with a strawberry and champagne reception.

In total the store could boast 17 employees who had each served shoppers for more than 25 years. Leading the store stalwarts was Carolyn Nicholson (left) who had joined when the store opened in November, 1972.

Photo: MLNF-08PT05382

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