Our managing director at age 7. He came home from school one day to find a photographer taking photos. He asked Stuart to stand by the door and the rest is history. Over a million leaflets were printed and dropped with this photo. His smile is just as cheeky today at 42!
The future despatch area at the old bakery before the makeover.
The production offices start to take shape. Note the loose glass in the racks. Production started even with out a roof over the glass area.
The lane to the old bakery, soon to have gates.
‘Stores’ before the transformation.
View from the ‘gates’ into the yard.
Harry Braid recalled seeing the whole place full of old dough mixers and ovens.
Bread mixing machine awaiting clearance.
Ted Avery, the first man to sell a £ million pounds of windows receiving an award from
Mr Harry Braid our Chairman.
The business end of the first extrusion plant to extrude our Aluminium frames. ‘It was very hot and very noisy’ recalls Harry braid.
The front offices with the factory below. ‘We made our first windows walking on duck boards on the floor as there was so much water. The holes in the roof let so much rain in.’
Parking area
Side of factory with Mrs Braids mini in the foreground.
“Before the bakery I rented a room above a bank. It had no telephone so I had to go across the road and use the call box. I would wait until I had 10 calls to make then run across the road to claim the box for an hour!”
Garages we used for storage before the factory was complete.
