Alan Scott, a coach builder and maintenance engineer from Penshaw, is retiring after 50 years’ service.
Alan, 65, began his career in 1968 at 15 as an apprentice coachbuilder for Sunderland Corporation, which became Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive in 1973, before Stagecoach North East took over.
He says: “I originally came for a fitter’s job and when I discovered all the positions were filled, I took the next job as a coach builder which I have now done for 50 years.”
