William Steward & Co

[Mac]

Hi this may sound stupid, but has anyone here heard of William Steward & Co.Did my apprenticeship with them back in the 80's but can't find any records of them now.Maybe they merged with another company

 

[electro]

Hi
William Steward & Co (stewards) were a big company when I was doing my apprenticeship in the 90's wining many a big contract. I think they disappeared the end of the 90's might be mistaken. I sub contracted to them for a year in 1995 ish.
Regards​

 

[Mac]

Hi​

William Steward & Co (stewards) were a big company when I was doing my apprenticeship in the 90's wining many a big contract. I think they disappeared the end of the 90's might be mistaken. I sub contracted to them for a year in 1995 ish.​

Regards​

Cheers mate,what jobs did you work on with them.I started at the Queen Elizabeth 2 conference centre in westminster.Did you ever bump into a bloke called Steve Churchill,rode a triumph bonneville

 

[electro]

Hi

It was a Norwich Union building in the Midlands. There was a lot of big companies around then that have disappeared, bailey electrical (still around but not at the same level ), softrad, tryson.

regards

 

[Mr Mark Sparks]

a b b bought william stewards and called them abb steward now just abb

ABB in the United Kingdom: A brief history

2 Apr 2008 ... ABB acquired one of the UK's leading mechanical and electrical contracting groups, William Steward Holdings Ltd. ABB Transportation won a ...
www.[B]abb[/B].co.uk/cawp/gbabb902/ca647a821b39730ac1256cc90034d918.aspx -

 

[Mac]

a b b bought william stewards and called them abb steward now just abb

ABB in the United Kingdom: A brief history

2 Apr 2008 ... ABB acquired one of the UK's leading mechanical and electrical contracting groups, William Steward Holdings Ltd. ABB Transportation won a ...
www.abb.co.uk/cawp/gbabb902/ca647a821b39730ac1256cc90034d918.aspx -

Cheers mate

 

[ecclescake]

There still going changed there name again from abb to something else but i can't remember it. Worked for the manchester branch once never again they are all *******.

 

[gilbertandy4]

i worked for william steward through my apprentiship,they were taken over by ABB then we were all made redundent ,jobs i worked on were walsall manor hospital,leceister paper mill,toyota in derby,bt maintenance in lincolnshire,they were good times when work was plentifull and lots of overtime

 

[sparkydude]

Well blow me down , i am actually working on/ripping out the kit you may have installed at walsall manor hospital. We just finished the new build side and are now moving the old switchroom 2 into new schneider panels in the old west wing part. Keep on seeing W Steward labels on all the old panels . What bits did you work on ?

Nick

 

[gilbertandy4]

as i remember it i worked in the 2 plant rooms on the maternity block roof doing the heating panels and air con units,when i first arrived there i was running 3 compartment trunking and tray around each floor,i was trying to remember when it was,it must be about 20 years ago maybe more

 

[sparkydude]

i think your right there the mains panels we are working on are dated 1985-1986 so fits in about right. yeah maternity is a right ****e-hole now, we did some refurbishments there and we had to use flexishield and some new lighting trunking instead of re-using the existing three compartment which is left there doing nothing now LoL

Nick

 

[gilbertandy4]

thanks Nickyouve made me feel really old now lol:sad_smile:

 

[Stephen Montagu]

I did my apprenticeship with Stewards from 1973 to 78 then worked as a spark with them untill 1981. Good company I thought. Is there anyone out there who worked on Kingston Hospital (early 70's), Westminster Tech (mid 70's), Medhursts in Bromley (late 70's) Trevor Square (late 70's), Wellington Barracks (early 80's) or the Sudbury office shared with Johnson & Pearce.

 

[davelecci]

I must know you, Andy? i was one of the supervisors on the BT jobs sadly the other one has passed on.i remember the jobs in Boston and Peterbourough well. they were the good days.also the paper mill. Bob has retired now.good to see you still out there.

 

[gilbertandy4]

surely your not dave from redditch who drove about in a golds hire van and pretended to be a superviser for the BT jobs lol

 

[davelecci]

Yes mate I'm Dave but not from redditch that was ralphy I was from longbridge then.
the good old days eh, who you working for now.
im for BBES for the next few weeks redundant after 10years with them

 

[gilbertandy4]

when i left abb i started for mr electric doing domestic electric,i thought it would be a temporary stop gap but im still there now lol do you still keep in touch with ralphy and jon smith or any of the others.sorryto hear your loosing your job have you got anything lined up yet,or are you retiring you must be about that age lol.Im now on my second marrage and have 2 kids one 7 one 19 so everythiong has changed from william steward days

 

[Stephen Montagu]

William Steward & Co Ltd
In case anyone knew him Bill Fine died last month (jan. 2012) of a heart attack at just 56. He did his apprentice at Stewards in the 70's then as a spark into the 80's. He also Worked at Harrods on the maintenance team, part time as a film spark (had recently worked on the new Brad Pitt film) and a few years ago started a business as Fine Electrics.

 

[chris mcara]

re wm steward and co hi stephen i was an apprentice with the company at westminster tech as i remember there were two sephens there at the time one worked with big al and the outher with fred. and i worked with les the place has been chopped up into flats

 

[Stephen Montagu]

Hi Chris.
Do you live in the Bromley area ?
I'm the one who worked with Big Al.
I live near Milton Keynes and have had my own business here since 1984. Oftern wondered about the blokes I worked with. I remember Les Reed, Johnie Frances, another apprentice with the surname White, Dave and Bill Tull, can't remember the name of the electrician who moved to Chatham or somewhere in kent. Also don't remember the name of the other apprentice called Steve ( I should know because I was in the same class at junior school with him in Surbiton). I drove past the Tech recently and saw its now flats. What are you doing now ?

 

[chris mcara]

hi stephen yes you are correct have you go t a contact number

 

[Philostein]

Hi this may sound stupid, but has anyone here heard of William Steward & Co.Did my apprenticeship with them back in the 80's but can't find any records of them now.Maybe they merged with another company

Hi guys, I worked with Stewards from 1988 through to 1997 on several large projects including Odeon and Water World Stoke-on-Trent, Law Courts Hanley Stoke-on-Trent, Burton Hospital, GCHQ, Britannic Assurance Wythall Green.
Great company with great people, no matter what some of the comments suggest.

 

[Desert Pilot]

I worked at the QE2 for about four years. I remember Steve Churchill, he was half Greek I think. Do you remember Paul Kelly, Terry Mitchell, Terry Jarvis, Steve Moran, Billy Tobin, Gordon Chambers (Trapper), Mark Taylor? Plus that mob from Leeds. I did some serious drinking on that job, virtually lived in the Graftons.:17: All those days are past me now :shame:

 

[Lal]

re wm steward and co hi stephen i was an apprentice with the company at westminster tech as i remember there were two sephens there at the time one worked with big al and the outher with fred. and i worked with les the place has been chopped up into flats

Hi Chris,

I think you may be a friend of my Dads, Mourty?

 

[Ian donnelly]

I worked in the London end of William steward with people like percy thorogood and mick vipond my name is Ian donnelly ,Irish and was a metalworkers who made panel boxes and medical boxes .xray etc love to hear from colleagues who where there in the middle 80s