Husband and wife celebrate 55 years joint service at cutlery firm
Cutlery firm Arthur Price is celebrating an incredible team members milestone during October – the 30th work anniversary of production assistant Penny Monk, and the 25th work anniversary of warehouse manager Dan Monk.
Dan Monk is also Penny’s boss and husband.
Penny, 46 from Lichfield joined Arthur Price aged 16 in 1994 and has worked in various departments. Dan joined in 1999 aged 17.
He started working as a packer in the warehouse and now 42, he is the Warehouse Manager, and last year joined the Senior Management team at the company.
Penny and Dan met at work, and got married in August 2008. They have two children.
Penny from Lichfield said, “We were only teenagers when we met back in the nineties. All these years later we are still together, working together and he is my boss…well at work anyway.
“I remember our first sort of date, we travelled with friends to Manchester shopping. I then received some red roses for Valentines Day but he never actually asked me out. After some persuasion from colleagues he finally asked if I wanted to go out and we went to a local pub which we still go to now.”
Dan said: “I was very shy, I suppose still am. I finally plucked up the courage to ask Penny out, what she may not recall is that I actually sent her another dozen roses the next year before asking her out. Let’s say it took me a while, but my chasing worked in the end.”
Simon Price, CEO said: “Dan and Penny are two vital cogs in our business and I am privileged to have them in the team.
“On a personal level, it has been wonderful to be part of their life over all these years. I vividly remember them both joining the business and also recall the slow-burn dating process that entailed. Thank goodness for work colleagues pushing them along.
“They are part of the family.
“Their eldest son has completed work experience here, they have brought their youngest daughter into work, it is a pleasure to know the whole family. To see two people join your company, fall in love and still contribute all these years later is wonderful to see. Here’s to many more years with us, together.”
Dan said: “Like all colleagues Penny and I have had our disagreements over the years at work and it is somewhat strange sometimes to be her boss but we are stronger than ever and we love working at Arthur Price. It is a family-owned business and everyone is treated as such. We’ve completed 23 years working together, let’s hope there are many years to come.”
Family-owned Arthur Price was founded in 1902 and is currently run by the fourth and fifth generation of the Price family. Its head office is in Lichfield with factories in Sheffield and Birmingham.
Pictured: Penny and Dan Monk
