| After leaving school, he did a seven-year stint as a joiner, switching to steeple jacking after national service. |
| Colin, who left the Royal Navy in 1958 because of an injury, became a joiner with Shepherd's before joining York Carriageworks. |
| Their son Declan has been working as a joiner in New York for the past five years and was based near Manhattan. |
| Mr Brook is now hoping to give up his career as a joiner to breed the animals full-time. |
| Jamie had served his time as a joiner and had worked in the. construction industry for the past 15 years. |
| His career in the building industry started 25 years ago as an apprentice joiner with York-based Shepherd Construction Ltd. |
