Well where do we start, he has been within the Materials Handling Industry for approx. 47 yrs Man and Boy ( cant imagine Alan as a boy)  Big and brash as he is now.  Left school at 16 didn’t know what to do as most people leaving school, but a Friend of his parents worked as a Foreman in a small Forklift company, In Wellingborough, the Boss at the time reluctantly took him on as a apprentice engineer He may have lived to regret that Decision as he grew to be known as crasher Clark.  To many things to List, but the long and short of it was he became a fledged engineer after 6 years, and became a Field Engineer which was the favorite job as you are out in the wilds of the world and meeting lots of good people.  Then went on to work for various companies before moving north to Yorkshire through Marriage, and got into management, in various rolls Got head hunted twice in his career which he is proud of. and ended up in managing the Asset side of the Industry and was good at it, and as time went on felt it was time to venture on his own and hence the birth of A A C Forklifts Ltd