 A former employee of <unk> , William Broom , started his own cabinet making business in 1920 and employed 7 or 8 workmen until the 1930s when the Great Depression meant that by the start of the Second World War , William Broom was the only worker in the firm . After the war , the firm concentrated on repair work and antiques restoration . The firm closed in 1990 with the retirement of Sid Russ who had taken the firm over after William Broom retired . 
