Linda Williams - Linda Williams School of Motoring

Linda Williams (nee Lewis) was born and raised in Cwmparc. Linda left school at 15 years old in 1960 and found work at places such as Boots and EMI in Treorchy. In 1974, Linda trained to become a driving instructor and started work at her brother Barry’s firm, Park School of Motoring. The job’s flexibility helped Linda juggle work with family life and enabled her to take over her brother’s business and set up Linda Williams School of Motoring in 1984. Linda taught hundreds of people to drive over a career which spanned 36 years.

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“I started in my twenties learning to become an instructor, and I was the first female instructor locally. So I taught many women to drive, also men but mainly women... A lot of the women preferred it because they felt less intimidated by a woman. There was a lot of younger teenagers and older women who felt more at ease with me. I would have a lot of cards thanking me and never had to advertise, it was all word of mouth...”