Graham Minnear (Craftsman)
Everyone of a certain age seems to have either fond or nightmarish memories of the grandfather clock that stood majestically in the hall of their grandparents house.

That probably explains why there seems to be a love hate relationship people have with these clocks. You either love them or hate them.

Everybody seems to have a bitter sweet story to tell about what happened to that loved old clock of grandad / grandma’s , as well and a surprisingly large amount of these stand silently waiting for their owners to get around to getting them fixed.

My name is Graham and since retirement have had the time and energy to focus on my passion, reproduction furniture.

I had the opportunity at the age of 15yrs. To do my apprenticeship at “Barton & Ross” as a cabinetmaker in Queen Anne reproduction furniture. With the pressures of a large family to provide for, after 15 years in Cabinetmaking I spent my working life mainly in shop and office fitting, as it paid more, occasionally keeping my hand in with designing and creating reproduction furniture for family and friends.

So in all have over 50 years experience in the cabinetmaking trade. I am not one to sit and do nothing so on retiring, it was time for me to finally realise a long standing ambition to build a grandfather clock, this has grown into a business, producing handcrafted solid wood, grandfathers and grandmothers, I have even designed and built a very unique granddaughter. We have also a range of wall clocks.

I find it immensely satisfying to have the ability to create a new design from a thought or from something I’ve seen and turn it into reality adding my own touches/modifications.