When I (to start) working there at the age of 16, the firm (to employ) some 30 people. Now there are 250 workers in the firm. So the number of people working here (to grow) by more than 200 over the years. Forty years ago we (to produce) some 100 shirts a day. But in forty years time the daily output (to increase) enormously. Production (to fall) sharply in the early eighties, and so (to do) the number of people working here. But since 1995 we (to have) a steady rise in sales and employment year after year. Now we produce 5000 shirts per day. Forty years ago the firm (to work) only for the British market, but since 1985 markets (to open up) in most European countries all over the world. When I (to begin) to work here, production