Chris Frediani takes a trip down memory lane with veteran Tommy Walsh
Posted: Friday, December 22nd, 2023
For the last Plastering Show of 2023, Chris Frediani and Bradleigh (Bradders) Hancock are joined by Tommy Walsh, who has been in the trade since 1965, to understand how the industry has changed over the years. When he started nearly 60 years ago, lime mortar was commonly used in plastering. "We had no mixers back then, we had to mix it by hand with a shovel. We then began to get trowels and wagons." "When I started, things were better than they are now. There was no pressure on us," he adds. Tommy says mixing the materials by hand was the hardest part of the job in the early days. Recalling their pay in the 60s, he says: "I was paid £4 a day for my work which then increased to £6 a day." Tommy began to see a change in the industry, especially materials and tools in the 1970s when he moved to Devon, where he worked for 13 years. Listen to the full episode here.
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