RW BERRY & SON has been a fixture in the Dials since 1959. This is the story of how it came to be . . .

In 1959 Chris Berry, aged 13, moved from South London to Brighton into Stanford Road next to the motor garage. He attended Brighton and Hove Grammar School (now called BHASVIC) and left to pursue a career working for the National Cash Register Company, maintaining huge mechanical calculating machines (early computers) in banks around Sussex.  He played guitar and did some performing locally in Brighton.  At the age of 17 and 3 weeks he passed his driving test and bought an old Morris Minor van to do local transport of furniture in and around the Brighton area.  There were very few people doing small transport jobs in those days so he was remarkably busy. Continue reading Part of the Furniture →