Bedford party for window-cleaner ‘legend’ David Denton
What an amazing and extraordinary man, Dave Denton is. We love to read such amazing stories about window cleaners.
Read moreMillards is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2019!
2019 is our 100th Anniversary year since forming in 1919
2019 is Millards’ centenary year, celebrating one hundred years since the company was formed by Major Millard returning from the end of the first World war…an impressive achievement indeed that few companies can boast!
Read morethe lost generation of the old ‘shiners’ of window cleaners at Millards
As Millards Cleaning Services Ltd was originally set up By Captain Millard in 1919 to provide employment for soldiers returning from WW1, the first cleaners employed were brave hardy young Cockneys called Shiners,with their amusing cockney slang, with interesting characters who worked very hard, and remained loyal to Millards for over 40 years!
Read moreWindow cleaning cutting edge technology?
In Feb 2018, a window cleaner in Newcastle was spotted and snapped sitting on a ledge 50 ft up a building with NO safety harness!! How shocking and dangerous…was he trying to prove something or tell us this was the new cutting edge technology to clean windows?!!! Well, someone snapped a picture of him sitting high up 50 ft on this window ledge
Read moreWindow cleaner faces jail for not returning money bequeathed to him
An interesting story emerged about a window cleaner in August last year. The now retired window cleaner, Albert Pearce, inherited £300,000 cash and the house of a 98 years old customer of his, Julie Spalding, who left it all to him in her changed will after she fell out with her nephew, with Albert looking after her in her final years.
Read moreHow a window cleaner saved a Banksy mural in Hull!
Window cleaners often face a difficult job to do in the first place, risking life and limb to do their job cleaning windows in awkward and risky heights…and therefore form a band of brave and conscientious workers in our society which certainly should be applauded!
Read moreHealth & Safety for window cleaners
Gone are the days when window cleaners could just rely on ropes and ladders for safety. These days H&S laws are so stringent with good reason as they use cherry pickers and water poles etc.
Read moreWindow cleaning link to the BBC
Indeed, not everyone may remember this, but there was a time in the early days of Television at the beginning of the twentieth century,when history was made with the first television shows being broadcast in our living rooms directly from the BBC, which was operated from a now iconic building standing on the highest hill in London, Alexandra Palace. Many famous shows and personalities including celebrities like David and Richard Attenborough started out at the BBC and so justifiably the site became famous.
Read moreThe Manchester Cleaning Show 2016
If you are a stakeholder in the window cleaning industry, then look no further than “The Manchester Cleaning Show 2016”. The annual conference is set to take place at Event City, and can be attended on the 6th and 7th April.
Read moreWindow cleaning in Churches
Churches are a specialised sector and therefore require unique types of window cleaning services. Some need the stained glass windows cleaned, as well as large areas of skylight and panes of glass and other unusual old period glass features.
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