Antique restoration was my original apprentiship with “Gallery Antiques”, in Winchester which I started in August 1988. Part of the apprentaship was a course at “Highbury College” studying furniture repair and manufacture, this was a five year course which I completed with merit and distinction.
I moved on to be the head restorer for “JW Blanchard Antiques” also in Winchester, for 4 years before starting my own business as it is now. I am still associated with Blanchards, now trading from Froxfield and London, I am pleased to continue to do their restoration. Stanley Blanchard kindly wrote :-
“The Family business, which has been in the antiques trade for over one hundred years, has employed restorers of the finest calibre. This is a skill that is increasingly hard to find and Neil Busby possesses that unique and rare skill. Having been in the antiques business for over seventy years myself, I have rarely worked with someone as talented and versatile as Neil. He is without a doubt one of the finest restorers working today.”
Unit 12B Stonefield Park, Hampshire (
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Phone: + 01264861279
Neil Busby