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Hoover factory march, Merthyr Tydfil, photograph
Workers assemble inside the gates at Hoover factory, Merthyr Tydfil. Ian Whitcombe in white jacket with furled flag in hand.
Assembly line worker Ian Whitcombe, 21, who has been at the plant for four years, feared he would find it difficult to find a new job. "I can't believe it is going. I'll grab what I can and see whatever is out there," he said. "I haven't got any qualifications - I came here straight after leaving school." "There's people who have been there much longer than me getting hardly anything out of it."
From: Kevin Leonard
BBC news website 18/2/09
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