The Business Exchange Bath & Somerset Issue 11: Spring 2019 | Page 10

BUSINESS NEWS
HAWKER JOINERY
CELEBRATES CENTENARY
Bath’s Hawker Joinery recently celebrated 100
years of making bespoke joinery with a special
1920s themed dinner and dance attended by the
Mayor of Bath at the city’s Pump Room.
Originally founded by Frederick William Hawker in 1919, the
company began life by making crane boxes for the globally
renowned Bath company Stothert and Pitt. Frederick
established a base at the rear of his home in Northend,
Batheaston that evolved into 20,000+ sq ft of workshops.
Through four family generations Hawker Joinery grew to
become one of the best-known heritage businesses. It has
cared for many properties from Windsor Castle to the Royal
Crescent in Bath and lots in between.
The centenary dinner was attended by 17 direct
descendants of FW Hawker and Colin Frayling, the great
grandson of the founder, regaled the 150 strong attendees
with stories of the first 100 years. Mitchell Thomas,
commercial director, proposed a toast thanking all of the
present 25 staff, customers and suppliers.
Mitchell Thomas said,“We are all very proud to work
for a company with such a fantastic pedigree, it certainly
gives us a valuable platform of knowledge and contacts on
which to provide our joinery services in the modern world.
We very much look forward to continuing to play our part
in preserving the heritage buildings of yesteryear whilst
contributing to the great buildings of the future.”
Hawker Joinery has recently benefitted from significant
investment that sees it operate from a brand new Frome-
based workshop. It will also be opening a new sales and
display office on Queens Parade Place, Bath, in March this
year. As a result, the company is very much looking
forward to the next 100 years and further building on
Frederick’s legacy.
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For more info:
www.hawker-joinery.co.uk
Angela and Mike Langbridge
James Horsfall and Amy Wilkinson
James Eades and Rebecca Land, Systemagic
Penny Gibson with Mayor of Bath Councillor Patrick Anketell-Jones
Mike Hopkins and Sam Smart, Stonewood Builders
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Colin Frayling
Alastair Gibson and Paul Crossley (Cllr)