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Charlie Reynolds, who started delivering papers 64 years ago, still gets up at 6am every day to cycle to his family shop in Swindon, Wiltshire. The business, Reynolds Newsagent, is now run by his son Charlie jnr, 64, who opens up at 4.45am every day and works a staggering 76 hour week. Britain's oldest newsagent: Charlie Reynolds, 96, still gets up at 6am every morning to work with his son in the newsagents in Swindon, Wiltshire But Charlie snr still mans the counter every day during the busy morning rush. The pair are both due to retire together next year when Charlie jnr finally steps down after 50 years working for the business. Charlie snr was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1922 and worked as an apprentice boilerman before becoming a shipbuilder in Cowes during World War Two.
Oldest newsagent in Britain still working aged 96 (... and he only quit being a paperboy aged 88) | Mail Online
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Les coupes de cheveux changent. Mais pas Cesare Barone. Un demi-siècle après avoir ouvert le salon Fygaro, le barbier de 72 ans est toujours fidèle au poste, ciseaux en main. «La seule chose qui a changé, c'est la couleur de mes cheveux.
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«J'avais 12 ans. Je travaillais la fin de semaine, dit-il. Au début, je faisais les ourlets des pantalons.

