After 40 years of crafting chairs, Arval Woody passed the family business on to the next generation.

“There’s nobody alive today that can remember there not being a Woody’s Chair Shop. There’s always been one.”

A red car sits under a workshop with a sign reading "Woody's Chair"
A workshop filled with machinery and wood shavings
An older man sits in a rocking chair while a sale is done in the background
An old man holds open a collection of photographs
Two men and a woman sit on rocking chairs in a shop together
A man stands silhouetted in front of a workshop window

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