About Ben….

I opened the doors to Ben’s Quality Dry Cleaners way back in 2003 after spending my entire working life (and before!) in the Dry Cleaning and Laundry industry.

I am a 3rd generation Dry cleaner and Launderer, following in my parents and Grandfathers footsteps. When I was a young lad at school i’d spend my time after school in the back of my parents Dry Cleaning shop learning the trade and also earning my pocket money! When I was old enough I worked on Saturdays and when I left school not knowing what I wanted to do I started working full time there until I found out what I wanted my career to be in…… 30 years later and I’m still wondering :)

After I’d completed my apprenticeship I needed to get out in to the big wide world! I worked for a supermarket running their Dry Cleaning unit in Farnborough before moving up to London where I worked my way up to General Manager of one of the Biggest Laundry and Dry Cleaning companies in the capital.

I had spent 6 years in London and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I learnt a huge amount about different aspects of the trade and was fortunate enough to look after numerous prestigious hotels, clients and celebrities. At the end of 2002 the opportunity to open my own shop in my home town was too good to turn down and in April 2003 I opened the doors for the first time. I’ve always had the desire to provide the highest level of cleaning with the friendliest and happy customer service. That idea has never changed and never will. With the support of my parents and having years of experience to call on. I will continue to follow that vision to provide the best service my customers.

In 2005 I got married to the very patient Mrs Walton and in 2007 we had our Son Zak. Zak was 10 weeks premature and has Cerebral Palsy. He is the inspiration for all the fund raising I have done over the years (have a look at our Community page for some of the things we’ve done). In 2011 we had our beautiful Daughter, Lara. She was a premmie too and has grown in to the most loving, caring and beautiful daughter/little sister in the world!

I will continue to fund raise, doing madcap Ironing feats, running marathons and generally going that extra mile! To keep up to date with our Fund Raising events sign up to our Newsletter.

If you’ve got this far then Well Done!! Thanks for visiting my site and I hope to see you in store or on our Collection and Delivery service very soon…

Ben x