Before opening his electrical business, Chris Fennell, left in the photograph with his repair engineer Duncan Meredith, worked in a fish and chip shop in Queen Street. He originally sold second hand goods and repaired appliances, but as the cost of new appliances has fallen the second hand market collapsed. His business now only sells new goods.

The new housing developments have been the reason for the success of his business. He sells a large number of cookers, especially ranges, and breadmakers, reflecting the arrival of new tastes in the town.

Duncan Meredith is now a full time repair engineer. Once a self employed farm worker, he moved to working with Chris Fennell after qualifying as an electrician. Work now is a very different experience to farming. The hours are regular. He remembers times during lambing when he could not leave work or the animals until late into the night, an experience he does not want to have again. His pay is also much higher than with farm work.