FM Conway - Going the Extra Mile

Chapter 1 Early Days

We spoke about what we’d do when we went broke, which seemed inevitable, and what Plan B might look like. But it was clear at that point that we didn’t have a Plan B – and our Plan A wasn’t so brilliant, either.

To make matters worse, in June of that year, Dad had a heart attack. Luckily, it was only a mild one, but there was no question of him being able to help out for a few months. If the business was to survive, it was up to me to find the way. I didn’t know what to do, but I did know this: we couldn’t go on like we had in the past. We had to do things differently. And above all, we needed to win some jobs.

One of the early Chaseside diggers (in Conway green, of course) still has pride of place outside our offices in Dartford today. Gus Smith did a road test on this machine when he joined Conway’s.

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