Description: Lily Cook of the Hackney Pensioners' Project leads a group of older black and white women on a stage revealing the lives and work experiences of women living in Hackney. Using a piano, singing, dancing and dramatic presentation, the women speak of their own memories. Their stories vary, including tales of work during the Second World War, labour disputes and strikes, working in service, working in shops, dealing with shoplifters. modelling, dealing with unemployment before social security and migrating to England from Guiana and Trinidad.