BRITAIN’S oldest lorry driver has revealed he’ll keep on trucking for another year after passing a health MOT.
Brian Wilson still works a full schedule and gets up at the crack of dawn despite being 90 years old, but insists that he wouldn’t have it any other way.
SWNSBrian Wilson is still driving at the age of 90[/caption]
SWNSHe still gets up at the crack of dawn to work a 12-hour shift[/caption]
The dad-of-four still rises at 4am to take on a 12-hour shift, 70 years after he started his career delivering petrol for Esso in 1953.
Before that, he had driven armoured trucks while stationed in Germany for national service in 1950.
He worked for the petrol giant until taking up a job with his father’s haulage company, which he has run since the ’70s.
Brian, from Sheffield, Yorkshire, has to have a full health check from his doctor each year to keep his licence, and is looking forward to another year on the road after passing the 2023 check up.
The eager driver said: “Well if I feel fit enough, then I’m going to carry on even though I’m at a big age.”
He has racked up millions of miles behind the wheel over his seven decade career, but no limits himself to ‘short trips’ of about 150 miles.
Despite his long travels, he has never had an accident and last took time off 50 years ago when he broke his foot and was unable to driver for seven weeks.
Brian added: “It all depends on how busy I am but I’ve been busy this week.
“I’ve been working every day and I’ll probably be working more than 40 hours this week.
“I work for myself and I wouldn’t be doing it if I was working for someone else. I’m that used to doing the job, that I’ve just carried on.”
However, all good things must end and Brian is considering retirement next year.
He plans to move to Thailand with his wife Mavis, 89 to be with one of their sons, who runs a business there.
The couple met at a fairground when Brian was 15 and married six years later.
Brain continued: “She tells me to carry on while I still feel fit enough.
“Plus because of all the gas and electric bills going up, I need to keep working.”
SWNSHe met his wife Mavis when he was just 15 and plans to retire to Thailand with her[/caption]
SWNSBrian’s (left) first truck driving job came while serving in the Army in 1950[/caption] Read More