CRAFTSMANSLIKE BEGINNINGS

Walter Croll opened his small upholstery and bedding workshop in the Millbrook area of Southampton in 1946, as majestic ships from such famous lines as Cunard, P & O and Union Castle daily sailed into Southampton Water.

Britain's passenger fleet had been made a byword for luxury and elegance, down to their superb interiors which demanded the highest standards of workmanship.

Walter Croll's workshop craftsmanship soon began to win it a growing number of orders from discerning customers, and the success of the young Company was assured when the Union Castle Line awarded Millbrook a contract to refurnish and carpet their entire fleet.

GROWING SUCCESS

The Company continued to grow and prosper year by year, using the skills employed on the luxury liners to create a luxurious, ever-growing range of high-quality furniture and achieving an enviable reputation - both in the finest retail stores and amongst a widening circle of discerning contract customers.

Millbrook craftsmanship today, in both bedding and upholstery is widely acknowledged as being of the very highest order and examples of their skill can be seen and admired in both Houses of Parliament, in Embassies around the world and in elegant private homes throughout Britain, Europe and the US.

Additionally, millions of people have unknowingly seen Millbrook craftsmanship on TV programs produced by TVS such as the Ruth Rendell mysteries.  Amongst their many diverse skills Millbrook have restored antiques on display in such diverse places as Osborne House and Sterling Castle, created an artificial “Aladdin’s Cave” for a Middle Eastern Sheikh and more recently completed major work in Downing Street.

HAND AND EYE

Examine any piece of Millbrook Bedding closely and you'll immediately see that throughout the years both material and workmanship have remained as high as ever.

To enhance their individual character our mattresses and divans are meticulously hand-crafted. The finest materials are used to ensure the greatest comfort and traditional hand-finishing helps extend the life of the bed. Overall, a "rightness" of design, avoids both the fussy, or whimsically fashionable, yet offers the highest standards in visual appeal, making each Millbrook bed a classic to treasure and enjoy for many years.

A MATTER OF PRIDE

Millbrook Contract Beds are very much a family firm, with many of the skilled mattress and divan makers and seamstresses following their parents or grandparents into the Company.

To everyone, the excellence and high reputation of Millbrook Contract Beds is a matter of quiet personal pride and it is perhaps this more than any other factor that results in the supreme quality and finish of each piece of Millbrook Contract Beds furniture. Of course, Millbrook Contract Beds Ltd was one of the first pocket sprung bed companies to achieve B.S. 5750.