Recent content by R Nicholls

are you still with Craig or on your own ?. My one son is self employed he does bathrooms and kitchens. Actually he lives about a mile from the Edwards you use. When we were working on the spires at St Chads I sneaked them both up to the top to take a view of Birmingham that not many people get...

Sorry I can't remember that. Remember Fred. Charlie and Brian were there I think. I left tracs a good few years ago. Glad you picked up some work off them. Original owners sold the business after I left.(nothing to do with me)

The only person I have met up with is Ron Chiles. I know the Edwards you mean by the station. I worked on the library by the traffic lights. Fred Kite was the foreman.

Still modest after all this time.

Any Idea who this might be on St Chads in 1990

I am fine thanks. Enjoying my retirement. I don't miss working outside carrying rolls of lead up ladders etc. I hope you are keeping well. A few names popped up on this site that I remember after meeting Ron so had a look at some of my photo's and thought I would post a couple.

This photo was at Kedleston Hall.

This is taken at Biddulph Grange gardens.

Thanks Mark, I have had a play about and have managed this photo, I will see if I can post some more,

I met Ron Chiles recently and he told me about this site and that a few of the staff had posted threads about their time working for Elvins. I have a few photo's I would have liked to post but they will not download as there is a problem with the file size and as I do not know how to reduce the...