Ann has decades of loyal service in store
A SUPERMARKET worker who joined the company in 1975 still loves the job at the age of 70.
Ann Vose has worked with Asda for 45 years, including the past two decades at the Rawtenstall branch.
Ann, who has also worked at the firm’s Rochdale, Accrington and Pilsworth stores over the years, said the job is her life and she is proud of it.
She said: “I love the people - the customers and the colleagues. I’ve never got bored. I’ve just loved it since the day I walked in and nothing’s changed.”
Ann, who has been married to Tony for more than 50 years, started out as a checkouts colleague at the Rochdale store in 1975 as she needed a new career direction.
She said: “I went into the store to enquire if there was any vacancies, because at the time I was a machinist and I couldn’t sew a button on anything never mind work a machine! I thought I needed something different really. I was seen straight away by the personnel manager and got the job and I’ve never looked back.”
After working as a customer service manager at three different branches including the St Mary’s Way store until 2013, Ann, who lives in Heywood, then moved to George as a section leader.
She likes to go walking, cycling and swimming in her spare time as well as spending time with her five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Billiejo Hirst, Rawtenstall store’s George and GM manager, says Ann is an “amazing lady” who’s a credit to the company.
She said: “I’d like to say that she’s my second mum! I went through a really tough time when my dad got terminal cancer and you know what, no matter day or night, she was at the end of the phone. She is amazing. I’ve not got enough words for her.
“She is so passionate and wants to do a good job. She’s a very hand-on colleague. Everyone on my team here looks up to her as a mother figure!”