Ian Hunter joined BAE in 1967 where he held a number of roles.
He started at the company as an apprentice. He was one of 128 apprentices in the annual intake who had 7 trades to choose from.
He said: "The top students got to choose which trade they went into. I ended up as an apprentice toolmaker."
Ian recalls the journey in to work was a long one. After the closure of his local railway line, Ian has to get up an hour earlier, at 5am, and bicycle the 5.5 miles to Chorley where he would get on a bus to work.
He said: "I served my time in the tool room. He later moved on to inspection and then on to investigation.
For the next 35 years, he travelled all over the world, everywhere BAE sells aircraft.
He said: "I have spent a lot of time in Saudi Arabia, and in the gulf.
"BAE is a great company. I worked for them for 44 years and four months. It's a long time, but I loved it. I recognise a lot of faces here at the Christmas Party.
"These events are superb, I will definitely be coming again."
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Ian Hunter