Doug Williams:  

Find me on Facebook Life Left Chemainus in 1974 (before grad but in grade 12) and headed to Prince Rupert, seeking my fame and fortune, looking for my pot of gold. Did all the things a young Rupert lad was expected to do such as kill fish for a living, drink and party like it was part of the Canada Health Food Guide. Fell into an apprenticeship as a glazier, aka a person who works with glass. I became quite involved in community and volunteer efforts and really felt like I belonged. My time in PR had tremendous upside to it, although I have never seen so much rain in my life. After 12 long wet years, I moved closer to home by settling in Langley in 1986....still had to have a buffer zone between Chemainus and myself. :-) Expo 86 was in full swing then and the lower mainland was abuzz with excitement and anticipation. I worked for a Vancouver glass company and slowly started doing my own glass work on the side, building up a clientele base. I was doing 2 jobs at once, for wages and for myself, albeit on a small scale. I stayed in Langley until 1991, and then moved to Maple Ridge for 7 years. It was a common-law situation, she had kids so I was a stepfather.....finally had a chance to re-live my childhood with minibikes, water-skiing, camping etc with the young boy and girl. While in Maple Ridge,In 1992, I went out on fulltime self employment with my glass company, RD Williams Glass And Mirror Ltd. My specialty was high end homes with custom and specialty glazing....things like glass floors and glass stair treads. I worked a lot with the Vancouver art glass community on a consulting and installation basis and this lead to me doing a job for Donald Trump in Gary Indian...Expand for more