At 22 Harry Wilson has tried University, working as a Scottish game keeper and in a cheese shop. In December 2012 he settled on the idea of helping his parents run Wilsons Reclamation at Yew Tree Barn in the Lake District. WRS, which has been going since the 1980s, is owned by Harry's parents Pamela and Clive Wilson and is now run by Harry.
 
Why did you decide to join the family business?
"I felt like I ought to try a few things first but none of them worked out. My Dad always said there would be work here for me and now I'm working here, I am really enjoying it. The best bit is going out on buying trips. Dad and I often go together. We tend to buy from a lot of the country houses around here. Recently a local developer, who was dividing a big house into flats, sold us a grand entrance porch, antique chimney pieces and old timber flooring. It's the most exciting part of the business".
 
Is there anything in the yard that you would take home with you?
"We have a really nice pair of small sandstone urns. They are rare 18th century carved sandstone urns, with foliate leaves to the bowls and ring necked socle bases. They are quite rustic and unusual looking, but I like them. They are on sale for £1,250.
 
What sort of thing do you sell?
"We sell things for the garden, like staddle stones, statuary, armillories, troughs, urns and benches. We stock a lot of local slate flooring and local coarse grey limestone. We have plenty of old fireplaces some of which are made from Dent marble, which is a black marble quarried in the Cumbrian part of the Yorkshire Dales. It's full of fossils and looks really special when it's polished up."
 
On WRS's Facebook page there is a photo of you trying on welding gear. Apart from selling what else do you do?
"Inevitably there will be things we buy that need fixing up. We're lucky to have a cabinet maker and a blacksmith on site. I've always been interested in welding. I recently converted a length of railings into a gate and fence for a customer. I'll do the installation work too. I'm happy tinkering in the workshop."
 
WRS is very active on social media websites. Is that down to you?
"Pamela Wilson. my mum, has always been brilliant on twitter, but I mainly do the Facebook posts. It's a great way to keep everyone in the loop about what's going on here. For example we've got a gin tasting coming up soon. We had a beer tasting recently. A friend of mine came in and gave a fascinating in depth talk about craft beers. We hoped it would attract a few new younger faces to WRS, but it didn't quite work out like that! A lot of old men came!"
 
Do Yew Tree Barn's events help to attract local people?
"The cafe and licensed bar, run by WRS for the last two years, definitely draw people in. We are on the main road near Lake Windemere and have a great passing trade from tourists, many the Midlands and Manchester. Parts of the old barn are rented as studios by a cabinet maker, a wool seller, a book binder and a blacksmith. We also a gallery which sells art, paintings and crafts, which the tourists really like. Often they'll end up buying an antique and become regular customers."
 
WRS Architectural Antiques is a member of the Salvo Code. The aim of the Salvo Code is to give customers confidence that their stock has not been stolen or removed from protected historic buildings without permission. The code gives customers the choice of buying from relatively safe and responsible sources of which there are 120 business mainly in the UK, as well as a few in North America and around Europe.