by Anne Hayes - Hills Group

ased in Marlborough. From making bricks, ithas progressed through a multiplicity of buildingoperations to focus on aggregates, waste disposaland recycling, and house building.The Hills family business began with EdwardHill, a strong enterprising individual. Hisleadership and shrewdness propelled thecompany on its way to today’s success and afuture in tune with the new millennium.The annual Clay Pigeon Club dinner,at the Kings Arms, Swindon, 1951.Left to right, Mervyn, Rowland andGrahame Hill are the Moonrakers – amuch enjoyed feature of Hills eventsand family gatheringsReport in the Swindon Evening Advertiserof Friday, August 24, 1956Through itsindependenceand integrityand the loyaltyof its workers,the family hasprovided thefoundations ofmany buildingsand landmarks inthe region today –from motorwaysto the CotswoldWater Park.Throughout, thefamily hasproduced capable sons who have carried thecompany into the fourth generation. EdwardHill fathered four sons, three of whom wereto play a major part in the business –Grahame, Harold and Mervyn. All lived andbreathed the business, and when they weren’tdoing that they were playing cards, tennis,bowls, music, duck shooting or doing their bitfor the community.Their sons – Victor, Tony, Beverley, Richard,Robert and Edward – played and still play theirroles in the business, along with executives theHills were unafraid to promote and trust. Menlike Harry Boulton, Stan Goss, Don Howard,Alan Pardoe and others.Rowland, Edward’s third son, left the businessduring the war to pursue a farming life atBroome Manor. The family retained its interestin farming and country pursuits for many years.5