Diary of a Decorator: The Story of FWA - Builders & Decorators to the Royal Household, and Probably the World's Most Successful Painting Contractors
Author:   Colin Douglas-Fairhurst
Publisher:   Mereo Books
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9781909020313


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 May 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Colin Douglas-Fairhurst
Publisher:   Mereo Books
Imprint:   Memoirs Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781909020313


ISBN 10:   1909020311
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 May 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction - the origins of FWA Chapter 1 One sat on a time Page 1 Chapter 2 To the other side of the world Page 33 Chapter 3 Joining the family business Page 57 Chapter 4 Family matters Page 71 Chapter 5 Travelling for business and pleasure Page 91 Chapter 6 Achievement and innovation Page 117 Chapter 7 A flourishing business Page 130 Chapter 8 Trading at home and overseas Page 171 Chapter 9 Tragedy and triumph Page 195 Chapter 10 Subsidiaries and skulduggery Page 219 Chapter 11 Gibraltar adventure Page 243 Chapter 12 The sale of FWA Page 254 Postscript Working wives, and other matters Page 269

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Colin Douglas-Fairhurst was born in the year his father set up a pioneering painting business, and the smell of paint and the noise of the spraying equipment pervaded his young life. In 1959, after a sojourn working and living in New Zealand and completing two periods of National Service in the Royal New Zealand Artillery and back home in the Royal Air Force, he joined his father's small decorating business. His dedication to his work soon resulted in the firm gaining a series of large public sector contracts including Windsor Castle and later, Buckingham Palace. By the 1970s Colin was controlling a flourishing group of companies in the decorating and building field. Thanks to careful planning, in 2006 he was able to pass the business into good hands and take life a little easier.

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