Get better soon Mr Williams, I know that a man with such drive and ability will be home soon and I’m sure there are alot of us in the double glazing world have admired Mr williams over the years.
He built Anglian from nothing, to make it the countries largest window company, here’s wishing you and your family all the best and hope that Mr williams will be home in time to share the Christmas Dinner!!.
After nearly 5 months in a spinal unit it proves the amount of strength this chap has, we are all rooting for you..
“The man who set up Anglian Windows is recovering in hospital after falling downstairs and breaking his neck, but his family today said they hoped he would be home for Christmas.
George Williams was the man behind Norwich’s label as ‘the windows city’ with thousands of people employed in double-glazing.
His was a story of rags to riches as he built up one of the first big glazing firms in the 1960s and rose to be one of the county’s top businessmen with a multi-million pound fortune.
He sold the firm, Anglian Windows, for £30m after setting it up from nothing.
But Mr Williams, who is 80, is currently receiving specialist treatment after falling downstairs at his Weston Longville home and breaking his neck.
He fell on June 6 after becoming disorientated due to an infection he had. He was initially treated at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and transferred to a specialist spinal injuries unit in Sheffield, where he remains.
His wife, Alex, said yesterday that she and all his family – he has four children – hoped he would be able to come home for Christmas.
“He is doing as well can be expected, considering it was a very bad fall,” she said.
“It was very serious and he is an 80-year-old man. The staff at the N&N were very good and at the Northern General they are even better because they are specialists in spinal injuries.”
Mr Williams was left with little movement in his upper body and has not been able to walk since the accident. “He is slowly improving,” Mrs Williams added.”
Source: Norwich Evening News 24