Text 1: Seabourne fish works prepares to close, by Ellie Morgan

An original contemporary newspaper report.

The Seabourne fish works will shut its doors at the end of the month, bringing to a close 38 years of packing fish caught along this stretch of coast. The company says fewer deliveries have made the site too costly to run. Its 46 staff were told on Tuesday; many have worked there since leaving school.

On Thursday, the usual clatter of the packing line continued, but workers took turns clearing their lockers and carrying boxes to their cars. “It is hard to picture a morning without this place,” said machine operator Leanne Price. “My sister works here too, and we share the school run.”

The closure will also affect nearby businesses. The café opposite has served breakfasts to the early shift for years. Its owner, Graham Ellis, said he would have to change the opening hours if fewer workers came through the door.

Staff have begun travelling to a careers advice session at the community centre, where volunteers are helping them look for work. Some plan to apply for jobs at a food warehouse outside town, although it is a longer journey. The works’ last day is expected to be 30 September.

Text 2: The day the quarry fell quiet, by Eleri Vaughan

An original memoir extract.

I was twelve when my father came home with the news that the slate quarry would not reopen after the summer. He had worked there for twenty years. By the next week, men who had spent their days on the hillside were sitting at our kitchen table, drinking tea and asking one another what might come next.

The change reached beyond our house. The baker used to put extra loaves aside for the quarrymen’s break. With fewer customers calling in on their way to work, he started shutting the shop at lunchtime. The small bus that carried the early shift up the valley stopped running, so my older brother had to walk to school instead of catching it.

Father spent several mornings at the chapel hall, where a group had arranged talks about work in other towns. He disliked the idea of leaving, but there were not enough jobs nearby. Mother began taking in sewing from two families whose wages had also stopped.

For a while, the village felt quieter, especially at the hour when the shift whistle used to sound. Then people started meeting at the hall on Fridays. They brought food, shared news about vacancies and made sure that the older men who lived alone had someone to call on.

Using information from both texts, explain briefly how the closure or planned closure of a major local workplace affected, or was expected to affect, daily life.

You should make it clear which text you are referring to.