Music Blog #2 – The Window Cleaner – George Formby

Cleaning Windows

It had to happen really didn’t it? In a blog from an Office Cleaning and Window Cleaning Company it was inevitable. You knew it was coming.

When I’m Cleaning Windows

Number 2 on our Music Blog Playlist is of course George Formby‘s classic comedy hit The Window Cleaner AKA When I’m Cleaning Windows.

The Window Cleaner first appeared in the 1936 film Keep Your Seats Please, and was so successful that it spawned a sequel, a song imaginatively called The Window Cleaner (No 2).

George Formby The Window Cleaner

A dance mix of the song sampling only the first eight lines of George Formby’s original vocals from the first version of The Window Cleaner surfaced in the UK charts in December 1994. It wasn’t as good as the original Window Cleaner!

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Window Cleaning Tools of the Trade – The Bosun’s Chair

The Bosun’s Chair – Every Window Cleaner’s Best Friend

Vital to Commercial Window Cleaning in London is the Bosun’s Chair. There’s no way you’d be able to clean all the windows on all the tall glass fronted buildings in Central London without one. Here at Millards Cleaning Services our Window Cleaners probably spend more time sat in a Bosun’s Chair than anywhere else. Even the pub!

All London Window Cleaners will be skilled in using a Bosun's Chair

The Bosun’s Chair originated in the Navy. A Boatswain is a warrant officer in the British or US Navy, or a subordinate officer in the merchant navy, responsible for most things that happened on the deck of a boat. A Bosun’s Chair was originally designed to haul a sailor up the mast on a halyard to do repair work or inspect the rigging. The first chairs were simply wooden planks with stout lines passing underneath it and up into a bridle at chest level. Early versions suffered from having no back support meaning that sailors would have only one hand to work with, the other holding on for dear life so you didn’t fall backwards out of the chair.

A sailor in a Bopsun's Chair later adopted by Window Cleaners all over London

Window Cleaner’s Tools

Nowadays, fabric chairs are most common, with comfortable backs and padded seats for today’s pampered derriers. It’s virtually impossible to fall out of one now, leaving both hands free for work. Some models even have tool straps and built in pockets tailored specifically for the needs of the user. Our Window Cleaners have room for their squeegees, buckets, and chamois leathers. Everything they need to clean the windows of any building in London.

Office Cleaners in London

If you need Office Cleaners or Window Cleaners in London, look no further than Millards Cleaning Services. Established in London in 1919, and based in Covent Garden, Millards Cleaning Services offer you professional, highly trained Office Cleaners and Window Cleaners at a competitive rate.

Call us now for a FREE QUOTE on 020 7845 7147 or visit our website at www.millardscleaning.co.uk

Window Cleaner of the Year Award 2012

Organised by the FWC in conjunction with Quartz Business Media for Windex 2012.

Window Cleaner of the year Awards

Open to all window cleaners who are registered members of the Federation of Window Cleaners, and all employees of registered members.

How to be Window Cleaner of the year

How to win the Window Cleaners of the Year 2012

Your employer must nominate you.
Only one window cleaner per company can be nominated.
FWC Executive members or their employees are not eligible.

Any window cleaners who make the final short list will be informed before the event and the winner announced at the the innovation awards dinner on Thursday 8th March 2012 at the Ricoh Areana, Coventry.

Prizes

One-night complimentary dinner and hotel for two people
24 carat Gold plated Squeegee
Framed certificate
Years free membership or, equivalent value gift voucher.

To find out more and to download an entry form, visit the FWC website.

Office Cleaning and Window Cleaning Services

Millards Cleaning Services will be sending our Number 1 guy. Providing all the entrants survive the rigorous selection process! Seriously though, we really think our window cleaners are the best. Don’t believe us? Call us on 020 7836 2601 or visit our website now for a Free Quote.

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