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