Have you ever worked in a factory? I would love to work in a chocolate factory like Willy Wonka. 
Yes, I have operated machinery in a factory.
What kind of stuff did you make in the factory
We made chemicals and oil products.
How long did you work there?
10 years, but I started out in a "glorified workshop" which is a factory with a small amount of workers and machinery.
I've never heard that term before. Do you miss working there?
Yes, I loved operating the spinning mules we had.
What is a spinning mule? I've never heard of it before.
Spinning mule
The spinning mule is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres. They were used extensively from the late 18th to the early 20th century in the mills of Lancashire and elsewhere. Mules were worked in pairs by a minder, with the help of two boys: the little piecer and the big or side piecer. The carriage carried up to 1,320 spindles and could be long, and would move forward and back a distance of four times a minute.
It was invented between 1775 and 1779 by Samuel
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Acting roles.
- "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971)
- "And Mother Makes Three" (TV series)
- "Paganini Strikes Again"