Brian Dunmore works seven days a week, delivering 50 papers on every round – and says he loves the buzz.
And Brian is no ordinary keen young boy or girl looking to make a bit of pocket money – he’s 79 (soon to turn 80) and still up at the crack of dawn and on his bike.
The former Peterborough postal worker has been described as a ‘pillar of our business’.
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0:00 Introduction
0:27 Saves going to the gym
1:16 Gem of a person
2:00 Wife thinks I’m mad
2:20 Mobility scooter
Morning. Morning, John. You okay? Yeah. Brian Dunore officially retired in 2010, but then a few years later, he found himself a part-time job. And at the age of 79, he’s out doing his paper round every morning in Peterbr. Well, I like to get out in the fresh air early in the morning. It saves going to a gym, doesn’t it? It you get to meet different people and we’ve been lucky with the weather lately, but last winter it was a lot of rain. You get drenched, but it’s still it’s just the freedom. I just get a buzz get a buzz from doing it. And the extra money comes in handy particularly when he goes to watch his grandson Charlie play football. He coned me in to pay him a fiverr for every time he scored a hattick and he scored about 72 goals. So I was not a happy chappie. So you need the paper round money then. Yeah. He’s been pedalling his way around his delivery route for the past 11 years. Oh my god. Brian is an absolutely gem of a person. He works hard throughout the year and he is the pillar of our business. I mean we would be lost without him. Uh if Brian is not here, we are in darkness. Despite a decline in newspaper sales, Brian works seven days a week delivering almost 50 newspapers each day. And he works all year round, only getting a break for Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Brian used to have a job in the postal service, so he already had a knack for making deliveries. And he says his wife, Glennice, is very supportive of his work. She thinks I’m mad. Also, my daughter, she thinks I’m mad and all, but I said I just get an enjoyment out of it and it’s makes you it’s healthy, in it. Get out and about before the cars get on the road nice and early. Brian will be 80 in September. He might not be the oldest person doing a paper round, but he says he’ll keep going, even if it means trading in his trusty bike for a mobility scooter. Stuart Le, ITV News, Peterbrra.