A FAMILY-run garage in Pontypool is celebrating its 90th anniversary and the siblings who run it are proud to continue their father’s business.
Today, Auto Service (Pontypool) LTD, is run by Hayden Skinner, and his two sisters, Lynne Parsons and Glynis Watkins, who have all worked for the company for more than 40 years. Their father, Jim Skinner, took over the company in 1940, with it having begun in 1920, and he stayed involved with it until he died in 2006, aged 80.
Explaining why he liked working in a family-run business, Hayden said: “I can work with confidence and I know I have the family’s support on decisions that I make in regard to the business and they entrust me to do so.
“Plus when I have time off I know the business is in good hands.
“My father did it since he left school and we have been brought up with the business, so it is in our blood I suppose.”
The siblings hope that the company, which sells minibuses and commercial vehicles and conducts MOTs, will continue for at least another 90 years.
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