
Magic Carpet Ride
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From humble beginnings in wartime Peckham, where his first memories are of being carried down into the air-raid shelter by his mother, Phil Harris would go on to transform his father's market stall into Britain's biggest carpet retail chain, himself becoming one of the richest people in the country, a member of the House of Lords and a passionate supporter of charitable causes.
An extraordinary retailer, largely instinctive with an exceptional feel for what the customer wanted, Harris and his astonishing business career, with its ups and downs, are the central themes to the book. Today he is as well-known for his charitable work. Severely dyslexic himself, with Tony Blair's personal support Lord Harris created the first academy school in London.
There are now thirty-five Harris Academy schools, and it was David Cameron's relationship with Lord Harris that persuaded the former PM to espouse the academy school so enthusiastically. These, then, are the fascinating memoirs of one of the country's greatest entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
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- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1: EARLY DAYS
- CHAPTER 2: MY FATHER, CHARLIE HARRIS
- CHAPTER 3: 'ANY OLD IRON?'
- CHAPTER 4: THE CARPET TRADE
- CHAPTER 5: STARTING OUT
- CHAPTER 6: FATHER FIGURES
- CHAPTER 7: TAKING OFF
- CHAPTER 8: KEITH ROYLE
- CHAPTER 9: INTO THE BIG TIME
- CHAPTER 10: QUEENSWAY
- CHAPTER 11: IN THE PUBLIC EYE
- CHAPTER 12: JUMPING FOR JOY
- CHAPTER 13: BATTLING FOR HARDY'S
- CHAPTER 14: TAKEOVER FEVER
- CHAPTER 15: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME
- CHAPTER 16: IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
- CHAPTER 17: GOING FOR A BURTON
- CHAPTER 18: GUSSIES
- CHAPTER 19: FINANCIAL SCANDALS
- CHAPTER 20: BIRTHRIGHT
- CHAPTER 21: END GAME
- CHAPTER 22: 'ALL CAN ACHIEVE'
- CHAPTER 23: SECOND COMING
- CHAPTER 24: GUY'S HOSPITAL
- CHAPTER 25: PARTY POLITICS
- CHAPTER 26: CARPETRIGHT
- CHAPTER 27: AN OXFORD COLLEGE
- CHAPTER 28: THE QUEEN AND THE ABBEY
- CHAPTER 29: LAST OF THE GOOD TIMES
- CHAPTER 30: 'EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION'
- CHAPTER 31: TOTTENHAM BURNS
- CHAPTER 32: STRIKING GOLD
- CHAPTER 33: BOWING OUT
- CHAPTER 34: WINDOWS AT THE ABBEY
- CHAPTER 35: HARRIS WESTMINSTER
- POSTSCRIPT
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX
- PLATES
- COPYRIGHT
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