Britain’s most dedicated worker has clocked up nearly 70 years at the same company without a single day off sick.
Brian Chorley began working at the original Clarks shoes factory in 1953 when he was aged just 15.
When the premises was converted into a shopping centre he retrained to work in customer services.
Brian, now 83, still has no plans to retire and says David Attenborough, 95, is his role model.
The grandfather-of-six said: “I’ve just passed a health check with flying colours and I want to go on as long as I can - I want to be like David Attenborough.
“I lost my wife eight years ago so at home I don’t see anyone. I want to be out, I want to see people and I just love working.
“I don’t want to sit down in an arm chair all day - it’s boring. I always look forward to work.”
Brian took a job at the C&J Clark factory in Street, Somerset, to earn some extra money for his family in the school holidays.
He explained: “My father said ‘son, you’re 15 and it’s the school holidays, you’ve got to go to work’.
“And I wanted to do it. We were quite poor after the war and dad was in the army. I wanted to go to work and earn some money.
“Going from school to a place like that was overwhelming. I still remember getting my first brown envelope.
“After working 45 hours a week, I earned two pounds and three shillings – I gave one pound of it to mum.”
Brian continued working for Clarks until the 1980s when he was in his mid-50s.
The original factory eventually closed and was redeveloped into the premium Clarks Village shopping outlet.
Brian started working for the shopping centre when it opened in 1993.
He said: “I go out of my way to help people. I do everything I can to give them a good service and treat them with respect.
“I’ve been told so many times what a wonderful service they’ve had and they feel so happy, and that’s all I want.
“I was furloughed for a time in lockdown and I didn’t like it at all - I love it here.”
