Over our 19 years at lovely Thames-side Paddock Road we grew to take over all the space in almost every unit on the estate - that was five buildings. And we still didn’t have enough space. Putting important people like Anne the Head Buyer into a converted toilet did not exactly make me popular.
But the old rabbit warren did have a great buzz to it. It was kind of healthy too as the yard became the hub of the business … many projects were planned around the coffee and sandwich van out in the freezing air.
My overriding memory of those days is that it was like being in a very hot kitchen with incredible amounts of noise and yelling and stuff happening. There was no time to think … just react. To this day, a quiet office doesn't feel right. There was also an overriding feeling of needing a pee … just no time … and there weren't enough toilets left.
We got our first computer; an IBM 34. Probably not as powerful as my phone is today and about the size of a car. It did work well though.
Then, we took on a vineyard.
Paddock Road was captured on canvas by Jo Dennis of
Indent Design. Cheers, Jo!
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