Farewell to a Stalwart: Noel Arnold's Retirement

March 1967 marked the end of an extraordinary chapter in Arnold's history as Noel Arnold announced his retirement after 46 remarkable years of service. Having started as a fifteen-year-old boy and rising to manage both retail and wholesale operations, Noel's tenure spanned nearly half a century of the business's growth and evolution.

His daughters, Marion and Margaret, captured the essence of their father's leadership perfectly: "His recipe for success was family effort and fair dealing. E.N Arnold & Co was his life and he ran it to clock work." These words painted a picture of a man whose dedication to the business was absolute, whose management style was meticulous, and whose commitment to family values remained unwavering throughout his career.

Noel's 46-year contribution to the business stood as a testament to the enduring power of the principles established by his grandfather, J.G Arnold: dedication, integrity, and the importance of family. His retirement marked not just the end of an era, but a celebration of a life's work that had helped shape Arnold's into the institution it had become.