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What’s your hidden talent?
Knowing that most of the problems at work
can be solved with a bit of effort. My favour-
ite saying is ‘The joys of the rag trade’.
If you could do whatever you want to
when you retire, what would it be?
Be a passenger on Richards Branson’s Virgin
Galactic spacecraft
What is the best place you’ve ever
visited?
It has to be Kinsale, County Cork, where my
wife comes from – for the scenery, restau-
rants and Irish humour
Which gadget or app couldn’t you live
without?
My mobile
If you could ask one person (living or
dead) one question, what would you
ask?
I’d ask Arsène Wenger how he always sees
any fouls the opposition commit, but misses
any that Arsenal do.
Up close and personal
You’ll know the name, now get to know the person.
Paul Williams
is retiring this month at
the age of 85 after working in sales at Actifwear since 1978. He talks about gardening, going
to space and his love of Kinsale in Ireland
delivery to a depot in Hinckley, but ended
up very red faced when the back doors were
opened and the van was empty, as unbe-
known to me the boxes had been taken off
to double check the quantity.
What’s your most unappealing habit?
Interrupting people when they are talking
What’s your guilty pleasure?
Milk chocolate raisins
How long have you been working
in the industry?
I had a variety of jobs – canvassing for
Davenports Brewery, crane driver at the
Corus steelworks, head gardener at
Rockingham Castle – before I com-
menced work as a salesman in 1978
for Actifwear in Market Harborough. I
have seen many changes in this time
from a humble beginning in a con-
verted farm building to our present
day modern unit. We used to do
party planning, but now concentrate
on print and embroidery, supplying a
wide range of customers – from Aldi,
Debenhams, and the RAF Air Cadets
to the local heating company.
What’s the best thing to ever
happen to you at work?
When the first customer I called on
in Luton purchased all my stock, so
I returned to the factory with an
empty van on the same day.
Which tune can’t you get out
of your head at the moment?
As we are fast approaching Christmas it has
got to be ‘White Christmas’ by Bing Crosby
What’s your favourite TV show?
Antiques Roadshow
Salt and vinegar or cheese and onion?
Cheese and onion
What is the most embarrassing thing
that’s ever happened to you at work?
I was asked to deliver an extremely urgent
Paul and his wife Noreen after winning a local pumpkin
competition when he was head gardener at Rockingham
Castle
(left and above)
Paul and friends
in his favourite
place – Kinsale in
County Cork
Arsène Wenger
spots another foul
against Arsenal
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