Malcolm Smith employment with George Wimpey - Kensington building site

The site at St Mary Abbotts was at the western end of Kensington High Street, bordering onto Olympia.

Maisonettes Maisonettes Eight storey flats Eight storey flats Seven storey block

Many of these maisonettes were bought by film stars and other notable people.

An old lady called into the site office one morning to tell the staff that the walls were not vertical. She was humoured and ushered out, but when the walls were checked, it was found that she was correct. The walls were 3" off vertical so the outer skin of several storeys had to be removed and rebuilt.

There was a record shop in this block which Malcolm used to visit regularly
and where he started to build up a collection of World music records.